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spindly

adj

Etymology

From spindle + -y.

  1. inherited from *spinnilu✻
  2. inherited from spindle
  3. inherited from spyndel
  4. suffixed as spindly — “spindle + y”

Definitions

  1. Characteristic of a spindle

    Characteristic of a spindle; slender and of weak appearance.

    • Near-synonym: twiggy
    • She has spindly legs.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for spindly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA