gangly

Etymology

adj

1. Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.
   She was gangly and wild and walked with her wrists turned inside out... 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy
   Individuals of this rabbit species tend to be very large (about the size of a beagle dog); they have long ears and long, gangly legs and a very thin fur coats. 2007, Oswald J. Schmitz, Ecology and Ecosystem Conservation, page 34
   [Peter Crouch] The gangly striker played a one-two with Jermaine Pennant as the winger cut in from the right, and although Pennant easily jinked past centre-half Brede Hangeland, he shot narrowly wide of the far post. October 15, 2011, Owen Phillips, “Stoke 2 - 0 Fulham”, in BBC Sport