[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lanky \lank"y\, a.
   somewhat lank; tall, thin, bony and ungraceful. --thackeray.
   1913 webster

         the lanky dinka, nearly seven feet in height. --the
                                                  century.
   1913 webster lanner

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

lanky
     adj 1: tall and thin and having long slender limbs; "a gangling
            teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight
            into a handsome young man" syn: gangling, gangly,
             rangy
     2: ungracefully tall and thin syn: gangling, gangly
     also: lankiest, lankier
see also:
gangling gangly rangy lankiest lankier 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

39 moby thesaurus words for "lanky":
   angular, bony, colossal, flat, flat-chested, fleshless, gangling,
   gangly, gaunt, gawky, giant, gigantic, lank, lean, lean-fleshed,
   lean-looking, leggy, lengthy, long, long-legged, meager, rangy,
   rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skeletal, skinny, spare, spidery,
   spindling, spindly, statuesque, tall, thin, thin-bellied,
   thin-fleshed, twiggy, undersized, underweight

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