stalky
adjEtymology From stalk + -y.
1
Long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.
- I peeped between the stalky parts of the Lindsays’ lilacs.1942, Emily Carr, “From Carr Street to James’ Bay”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
- An adorably gangly salesman with stalky black hair and a cough (“I’m giving up smoking, and it’s all coming up”) set up a dressing room for me, and I tried on a black tux shirt with a subtly embroidered bib ($185), a soft ivory-colored jersey ($135) and an olive-green button-front shirt ($165).2008 May 8, Mike Albo, “Backstage All-Access Passwear”, in New York Times:
2
Of a plant, having stalks.
3
Informal Resembling or characteristic of a stalker; seeming to hunt or covertly follow a person.
- a stalky ex-boyfriend
- Derived terms
- stalkily, stalkiness