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RANGY

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

Irregular inflected forms: rangier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, rangiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Allowing ample room for rangingplay

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

Derivation:

range (a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Adapted to wandering or roamingplay

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

mobile (moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place))

Derivation:

range (a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Tall and thin and having long slender limbsplay

Example:

a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man

Synonyms:

gangling; gangly; lanky; rangy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

tall (great in vertical dimension; high in stature)

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