rangier; rangiest
1
: able to range for considerable distances
2
a
: long-limbed and long-bodied
rangy cattle
b
: tall and slender
3
: having room for ranging
4
: having great scope
ranginess noun

Examples of rangy in a Sentence

we could use a rangy girl like you on our basketball team a speech that took a rangy look at the problems facing the university
Recent Examples on the Web Some are tall and rangy while others are low and compact, growth rate varies from slow to rapid, and some have small leaves like Kurume hybrids while others have large leaves. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2024 Install sturdy trellises, wire mesh cages, etc. to support rangy plants like tomatoes and vining plants like cucumbers, climbing squashes, luffa, watermelon, pumpkins, etc. Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024 Feisty corners like Jarvis Brownlee, Jr. and rangy ones like Khyree Jackson and Cam Hart. Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2024 Patrick was a rangy, taciturn boy, who tended to shy away from confrontation. Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024 Staggering the minutes of Cam Reddish and Jarred Vanderbilt, the Lakers always had one big, rangy defender capable of guarding almost anyone on the court, forcing New Orleans’ C.J. McCollum into near-impossible shots in the semis and trapping the Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton out of the finals. Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023 Harris Dickinson is David, the rangier cut-up among the siblings who Dad starts to favor when Kevin wavers. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2023 One of the biggest surprises for me was Sunset Plant Collection pushing new versions of buddleia (a.k.a. butterfly bush — historically an overbearing rangy shrub with lilac-like flowers) and agapanthus (sometimes known as lily-of-the-nile), the omnipresent filler plant of my youth. Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023 And his new album Strength is, even more so, a deeply spiritual and handsomely rangy reboot of the roots reggae genre, drawing deep from the music’s rich history while re-focusing it on the now. Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined at sense 2a

Time Traveler
The first known use of rangy was in 1868

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“Rangy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rangy. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

rangy

adjective
rangier; rangiest
1
: having long limbs and a long body
rangy cattle
2
: tall and slender in body build
a rangy athlete
ranginess noun

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