What is another word for Lankness?

Pronunciation: [lˈaŋknəs] (IPA)

Lankness is a word that is often used to describe the thin and elongated shape of something or someone. However, there are several synonyms that can be used to convey a similar meaning. For instance, gauntness, lankiness, leanness, scrawniness, and thinness. All these words can be used interchangeably with lankness to describe the appearance of something or someone that is slim or slender. Additionally, other synonyms for lankness include spindly, gangly, skeletal, bony, and emaciated. Each of these synonyms highlights different aspects of lankness, but together they paint a picture of a slender and elongated physique.

What are the hypernyms for Lankness?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Lankness

What he in green thought of Don Quixote of La Mancha was that a man of that sort and shape he had never yet seen; he marvelled at the length of his hair, his lofty stature, the Lankness and sallowness of his countenance, his armour, his bearing and his gravity-a figure and picture such as had not been seen in those regions for many a long day.
"The History of Don Quixote, Volume II., Complete"
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
His face, too, had lost its Lankness, to its great improvement, for the features were strong, and, with the deep tan which the Southern campaigns had given it, had become, from being one of positive homeliness, one of decided distinction.
"Janice Meredith"
Paul Leicester Ford

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