Antonyms for rangy

Grammar : Adj

Spell : reyn-jee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈreɪn dʒi

Definition of rangy

Origin : "having a long, slender form" (as an animal suited to ranging), 1845, from range (v.) + -y (2). Also "adapted for ranging" (1868). Of landscapes, "hilly," 1862, Australian English. Related: Ranginess.
As a rule, we hold that the Jersey should be "growthy," deep-flanked, and loose-jointed, and should have, generally, the characteristics which farmers know as "rangy." ["American Agriculturalist," November 1876]

adj long and lean

Example sentences :

Then he turned to a lean rider who bestrode a tall, rangy horse.
Extract from : « 'Drag' Harlan » by Charles Alden Seltzer

Smuts is essentially an out-of-doors person and his body is wiry and rangy.
Extract from : « An African Adventure » by Isaac F. Marcosson

In all there were fourteen of these cats—swift and rangy performers, all of them.
Extract from : « The Abandoned Farmers » by Irvin S. Cobb

A man was coming down from the north, lickety-split on a roan with a rangy stride.
Extract from : « Curly » by Roger Pocock

That fat part was something of a joke, for she would always be lean and rangy.
Extract from : « The Right Time » by Walter Bupp

Larry, a rangy, hawk-faced youngster, eyed his brother insolently.
Extract from : « The Land of Strong Men » by Arthur M. Chisholm

Six were huskies, rangy, muscular animals with thick, dense coats.
Extract from : « The Yukon Trail » by William MacLeod Raine

He was a powerful, rangy bay, and not winded by his run and his swim.
Extract from : « The Militants » by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

"All right, Mason," and Grant came into view on a rangy sorrel.
Extract from : « My Lady of Doubt » by Randall Parrish

Hector ducked in through the doorway and plopped his rangy frame on the office's couch.
Extract from : « The Dueling Machine » by Benjamin William Bova

Synonyms for rangy

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