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Definition of rangy :
Inclined or able to range, or rove about, for considerable distances; apt or suited for much roving, - chiefly used of cattle.
Synonyms:
widespread, emaciated, large, broad, wide, tall, far-flung, gangly, wide-ranging, mobile, scrawny, gangling, underweight, gaunt, expansive, anorexic, big, be (all) skin and bone(s), deep, spindly, spindling, skinny, thin, lanky, far-reaching, extended, sweeping, fat
Usage examples:
- Because he loved a good horse, and this rangy sorrel above others, and because further he had been forced to ride the willing animal unusually hard all day yesterday, Thornton today had travelled slowly. - "Six Feet Four", Jackson Gregory.
- Andy, sizing up the bunch and the brands, lighted upon a rangy blue roan that he knew- or thought he knew, and the eyes of him brightened with desire. - "The Happy Family", Bertha Muzzy Bower.
- The rangy black steer in the corn patch looked at him with mildly surprised eyes as Joe approached. - "The Lost Wagon", James Arthur Kjelgaard.