elbowy adjective4 •Tall and awkward. (of a person’s body)Doubtless it gratifies you to observe Elbowy girls and adipose mamas All looking adoration as you swerve This way and that — 1892 •Awkward; especially, involving the awkward protrusion of the elbows. (of a person’s movement)[…] I was noticing how very elbowy his gestures were […] — 1919 •Having bends that resemble elbows. (of a tree or branches)I […] looked out over my garden: the unkempt lush grass and the sweet-gum tree with elbowy boughs, crotchety and irregular. — 1928 •Angular in an awkward way. (of a built structure)It is a place fit for a lady of her quality, and none of your elbowy dwellings like these crowded about us. One may easily tell the house, by its pretty blinds and its shades. — 1827 formsmore elbowy · most elbowy