gangly ˈgaŋ-glē adjective
1. tall and thin and having long slender limbs
2. tall and thin
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The word gangly has appeared in 39 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on May 7 in “Laura Dern Embraces the Messiness of Human Life” by Christine Smallwood:
Dern was in Concord to shoot Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” (it will be released on Christmas) in which she plays Marmee, the matriarchal character based on Louisa May Alcott’s own mother. In person, Dern, 52, is gangly, more of a giraffe than an ostrich. When she talks, she makes swooping gestures, as if trying to take in more of the world, and often touches her own body and face — not nervously or pridefully, just in a way that reminds you that she works with it.
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