1) Abe Lincoln-like 2) Awkwardly tall and lean 3) Built like Abraham Lincoln 4) Built like Ichabod Crane 5) Exclusively Anglo word 6) Exclusively Saxon word 7) Gangling 8) Gangly 9) Gawky 10) Hardly obese 11) Having a beanpole physique 12) Having a string-bean physique 13) Like a beanpole 14) Like Gary Cooper 1) Bony 2) Gangling 3) Gangly 4) Lean 5) Rangy 6) Scrawny 7) Skinny 8) Slim 9) Tall 10) Thin 
• (a.) Somewhat lank.
Lank'y adjective Somewhat lank. Thackeray. « The lanky Dinka, nearly seven feet in height.» The Century. 
Spindly growth
Too-long stems often a result of not enough light; these stems are weak and tend to fall over