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Grammar : Adj
Spell : leg-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛg i



Definition of leggy

Origin :
  • 1787, from leg (n.) + -y (2).
  • As in rangy : adj long and lean
  • As in gangly : adj gangling
  • As in spindling : adj gangling
  • As in gangling : adj rangy
Example sentences :
  • These leggy plants are not beautiful, nor do they bear many flowers.
  • Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various
  • It was very fat and army and leggy, and I think it was an idol.
  • Extract from : « New Treasure Seekers » by E. (Edith) Nesbit
  • The latter, whom some of my readers may have known as an awkward, "leggy" boy, was now a man.
  • Extract from : « The Merryweathers » by Laura E. Richards
  • The Terrier, like the Hound, must on no account be leggy, nor must he be too short in the leg.
  • Extract from : « Sporting Dogs » by Frank Townend Barton
  • This should be slightly pruned in spring, and when leggy cut to the ground.
  • Extract from : « Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens » by Ernest Thomas Cook
  • Mungles may be all leggy, but not full blooded St. Bernards.
  • Extract from : « The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon » by Richard Connell
  • The leggy girl had just thrust out her tongue at an expostulating nurse.
  • Extract from : « The Purple Heights » by Marie Conway Oemler
  • When I saw you last, you were awkward and leggy, like a colt.
  • Extract from : « The Valley of the Giants » by Peter B. Kyne
  • As a girl she had been what a certain sporting earl described as "a leggy beauty."
  • Extract from : « December Love » by Robert Hichens
  • In the raising of any plants in the Hotbed, it is very essential that they do not become drawn or leggy.
  • Extract from : « The Practical Garden-Book » by C. E. Hunn

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