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Leggy is an English word with synonyms like tall. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Leggy in a sentence

Leggy meaning

  1. Having long, attractive legs; long-legged.
  2. Exposing the bare or pantyhose-clad legs, especially the thighs.
  3. Having numerous legs.

Synonyms of Leggy

tall tall-growing long-legged long-shanked

Related words

Other words often associated with Leggy or its synonyms:

gangly stately long rangy gangling lanky statuesque

Using Leggy

  • The main meaning on this page is: Having long, attractive legs; long-legged. | Exposing the bare or pantyhose-clad legs, especially the thighs. | Having numerous legs.
  • Useful related words include: tall, tall-growing, long-legged, long-shanked.
  • In the example corpus, leggy often appears in combinations such as: leggy display, and leggy, very leggy.

Context around Leggy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

looked 2× bit 2× inexplicably 1× grow 1× long 1× realness 1× attractive 1×

Often after:

display 2× look 1× opponents 1× pins 1× 182cm 1× branches 1× mitchell 1× blonde 1× lovely 1× gamin 1×

Sentence patterns with Leggy

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a bit leggy mitchell with 1× a bit leggy that shows 1× a very leggy display 1× at a leggy 182cm i 1× away long leggy branches as 1× look inexplicably leggy for august 1× looked leggy out of 1× on a leggy display during 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

at a leggy 1× at times his 1× divina de campo 1× following his split 1× he opted against 1× kristen stewart dazzles 1×

Common sentence endings:

all season long 1× and leggy pins 1× dark hair amazed 1× during the outing 1× leggy blonde supermodel 1× leggy for august 1×

Words around Leggy

Just before it in the word index:

leggio 5 leggings 196 legging 8 leggie 13 legghette 4 leggette 2

Just after it in the word index:

legh 6 leghari 3 leghorn 5 legia 6 legibility 30 legible 44

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaj 26 abn 26 aboriginals 26 absalom 26 absolutism 26 abstractly 26

Corpus analysis for Leggy

  • In this selection, "leggy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, looked, bit, inexplicably, display, look and opponents stand out and add context to how "leggy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a bit leggy mitchell with and a bit leggy that shows. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "leggy" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with leggy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Both teams looked leggy here. (5 words)

Some look inexplicably 'leggy' for August. (6 words)

Divina De Campo: Fabulous Femme Fatale Runway Realness, leggy, lovely and evil. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

The pair of shorts are ripped unevenly at the thighs to create a worn effect, with a very short hem that starts at the bottom of the hip and runs very high on the thigh, making for a very leggy display. (41 words)

He opted against it seven days previously at Easter Road and there was a leggy look to the likes of Matt O’Riley and Kyogo and again when facing St Mirren in midweek. (33 words)

Lavender tends to grow leggy and become bare if gardeners aren't doing the bare minimum to care for them which involves carrying out one specific task. (27 words)

Example sentences (18)

He opted against it seven days previously at Easter Road and there was a leggy look to the likes of Matt O’Riley and Kyogo and again when facing St Mirren in midweek.

Little changed after the break, either, and it was Palace who punished their leggy opponents from the penalty spot.

She teamed the show-stopping ensemble with a white top and a pair of skyscraper heels that helped flaunt her toned and leggy pins.

Some look inexplicably 'leggy' for August.

The pair of shorts are ripped unevenly at the thighs to create a worn effect, with a very short hem that starts at the bottom of the hip and runs very high on the thigh, making for a very leggy display.

At a leggy 182cm I had an okay amount of leg- and foot space, though head- and shoulder room was limited.

Both teams looked leggy here.

Lavender tends to grow leggy and become bare if gardeners aren't doing the bare minimum to care for them which involves carrying out one specific task.

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Looked leggy out of possession but produced an impressive run before laying it off to Hojlund for Man Utd's second goal.

There’s no need to prune away long leggy branches as this plant maintains its compact habit all season long.

They look a bit leggy, Mitchell with too much distance on those box-kicks.

We played against a good team and we were a bit leggy, that shows the levels.

Following his split from Gisele, Leo dove right into another relationship with a leggy blonde supermodel.

Divina De Campo: Fabulous Femme Fatale Runway Realness, leggy, lovely and evil.

Kristen Stewart dazzles in an edgy black sparkly bardot gown as she joins PVC-clad Naomi Scott and leggy.

She stood there sleepy and leggy with her hands up at her short dark hair, amazed.

The "All I Want for Christmas Is You" hitmaker turned heads as she put on a leggy display during the outing.

At times, his announcements lapse into something approaching terminal narcissism - "this is strangely attractive, leggy gamin Douglas Smith, the one whose skin you love to touch..

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Common combinations with leggy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "leggy" in a sentence?
An example: "He opted against it seven days previously at Easter Road and there was a leggy look to the likes of Matt O’Riley and Kyogo and again when facing St Mirren in midweek." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "leggy" from authentic English texts.
What does "leggy" mean?
Leggy means: Having long, attractive legs; long-legged.
What are synonyms of "leggy"?
Common synonyms of "leggy" include: tall, tall-growing, long-legged, long-shanked.
How many example sentences with "leggy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "leggy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.