Definition of "lankly" [lank•ly]

• In a lank way. (adverb)

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• "His hair hung lankly over his forehead, and the slump in his shoulders was not his usual careless posture but true exhaustion."
• "Her pretty face was wan and listless; her hair uncurled: some locks hanging lankly down, and some carelessly twisted round her head."
• "His ponytail had been severed during the removal of his head and the loose hair now stuck lankly to his gray-blue skin."