spiry I. \ˈspī(ə)rē, -ri\adjective Etymology:spire (I) + -y 1.: resembling a spire : tall, slender, and tapering to a point : rising in a slender, tapering form < spiry grass > < spiry trees > < spiry turrets > 2.: abounding in spires < spiry towns > II. adjective Etymology:spire (III) + -y archaic: of a spiral form : curving or coiling in spirals : curled, serpentine, wreathed < hid in the spiry volumes of the snake — John Dryden >