stalky

comparative stalkier · superlative stalkiest

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

   1 more example

   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. informalResembling or characteristic of a stalker; seeming to hunt or covertly follow a person.

   a stalky ex-boyfriend