switchyadj.
/ˈswɪtʃi/ rare.
Of the nature of or resembling a switch or slender rod; moving or bending like a switch.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective]
tougha700
lithyc1000
softc1330
weak?a1366
plianta1382
persha1398
plyinga1398
lithec1400
supplec1400
plicable?a1425
curvable?1440
lethec1440
scretec1440
pliablec1475
bowable1483
bowing1483
waldinc1485
supple1513
flexible1548
limber1565
lither1565
bending1567
osier1577
wiry1588
buxom1590
withy1598
suppliable1599
renderingc1600
fluxible1607
winding1609
bendable1611
flippant1622
flexive1629
flexile1633
maniable1633
compliant1667
flectible1705
limp1706
yieldy1757
complying1774
limberly1782
willowy1791
switchy1810
wandy1825
twistable1853
bendsome1861
whippy1867
swack1868
bendy1873
the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [adjective] > long and narrow > like a rod, reed, etc.
stalky1552
strawish1562
rush-like1578
reeden1597
rodlike1611
virgated1752
vargeous1779
switchy1810
sudiform1822
reedy1834
rodded1841
pencillous1850
junciform1855
rhabdoidal1855
rhabdoid1859
1810 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Nov. 46 And now, perhaps, her switchy tail Hangs on a barn-door from a nail!
1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 8 They have the exact switchy sway of the sail that is always straining against the wind.
1879 E. S. Phelps Sealed Orders (1880) 157 It's a slender, switchy stock, Mr. Graven; may bend, may break.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1810