Meaning

4 senses
  1. (UK, US)Having long, attractive legs; long-legged.

    Fred preferred leggy blondes.

    having long legs

  2. (slang)Exposing the bare or pantyhose-clad legs, especially the thighs.

    Pam looked leggy today because she was wearing a miniskirt.

  3. Having numerous legs.

    the leggiest centipede ever found

  4. Taller or longer than usual.

    Plants grow leggy if deprived of light.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. All the French beans on the allotment this year were leggy.

    deDie Schnittbohnen im Schrebergarten sind dieses Jahr alle hochgeschossen.

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Forms

leggier, leggiest
Comparativeleggier Lesson
Superlativeleggiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedleg

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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