rangyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒi/
• 韻: -eɪndʒi

形容詞

rangy (comparative rangier, superlative rangiest)

1. Slender and long of limb; lanky.

   For an accountant, Robert had a rangy appearance.

   Her African violets weren't getting enough sun and became rangy.

   • 2022 September 7, HarryBlank, “Remember, Remember…”, in SCP Foundation‎, archived from the original on 5 October 2024:

     Janet Gwilherm, who was presently dwarfing the duty desk — she was tall and rangy, like a basketball player — whacked the intercom button and announced herself.

2. Prone to roaming around.

   rangy cattle

3. Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious.
4. (music) Requiring a large vocal range; having a great difference from the highest to the lowest notes.

   The Star Spangled Banner has been criticized as too rangy for many people to sing along to comfortably.

同意語

• (lanky): gangling, gangly, lanky, leggy; see also Thesaurus:slender or Thesaurus:scrawny
• (prone to roaming): free-roaming, nomadic, roving, wandersome
• (permitting range): expansive, comfortable, commodious, convenient, roomy, spacious

派生語

アナグラム

• angry