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[ spind-lee ] / ˈspɪnd li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR spindly ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, spin·dli·er, spin·dli·est.long or tall, thin, and usually frail: The colt wobbled on its spindly legs. Origin of spindlyFirst recorded in 1645–55; spindle + -y1 Words nearby spindlyspindlelegs, spindleshanks, spindle side, spindle tree, spindling, spindly, spin doctor, spindrift, spin-dry, spin-dryer, spine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for spindlyAround 3am, my spindly legs are beginning to ache from balancing on deck, as we heel with each tack. Inside Sailing’s Biggest Race|Lizzie Crocker|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Today, a small corner of the building is packed with spindly, aspiring clowns filling out forms on folding chairs. The Most Depressing Show on Earth: Amongst the Clowns of Newark|Lizzie Crocker|March 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST My eyes were woozy as I woke up, and I saw these spindly, veiny legs in slippers and a nightgown. Bruce Dern’s Long, Strange Trip to Leading Man in Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’|Marlow Stern|November 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST The models were often as spindly—and as disconnected—as Winehouse herself would eventually become. Amy Winehouse’s Broken Beauty|Robin Givhan|July 26, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The spindly tops of the trees pointed heavenward with the rigidity of church spires. The Argus Pheasant|John Charles Beecham In order to strengthen the plants, and keep them from becoming drawn and spindly, admit large portions of air every mild day. The American Flower Garden Directory|Thomas Hibbert His eyes were sleep-fogged, and spindly, pajama-clad legs showed below the dressing gown he had thrown about his thin shoulders. The Time Mirror|Clark South Pink touched the herons wings, its beak, its head, its glittering beady eyes and spindly leg. I, Mary MacLane|Mary MacLane The trees seemed huge and spindly, a porous growth something on the Martian style, with huge leaves and a tangle of matter vines. Wandl the Invader|Raymond King Cummings
British Dictionary definitions for spindly
adjective -dlier or -dliesttall, slender, and frail; attenuated Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to spindlylanky, rangy, slender, frail, skinny, elongated, weak, lank |