legē, -gi adjective
( -er/-est )
1. : having conspicuous legs: as
a. : having disproportionately long legs especially as a result of immature or faulty development
a long, thin, leggy , gawky boy — A.J.Beveridge
using leggy … high-withered animals for cavalry horses — C.F.Rooks
b. : having long, well-formed, and attractive legs
a girl in a red outfit …, lithe and leggy and of course attractive — Commonweal
c.
(1) : spindly — used of a plant or seedling
the plants will become leggy and straggly — Helen M. Fox
(2) : having few or no lower branches
beneath old leggy shrubs — Nature Magazine
2. : characterized by a display of legs
leggy photography