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spin·dly

 (spĭnd′lē)
adj. spin·dli·er, spin·dli·est
Slender and elongated, especially in a way that suggests weakness.
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spindly

(ˈspɪndlɪ)
adj, -dlier or -dliest
tall, slender, and frail; attenuated
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spin•dly

(ˈspɪnd li)

adj. -dli•er, -dli•est.
long or tall, thin, and usu. frail.
[1645–55]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.spindly - long and lean
lank
lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
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spindly

adjective lanky, gangly, spidery, leggy, twiggy, attenuated, gangling, spindle-shanked I did have rather spindly legs.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

spindly

adjective
Tall, thin, and awkwardly built:
gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy, spindling.
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Translations
طَويل، نَحيف
vytáhlý
ranglet
renglulegur
vytiahnutý
uzun ve ince

spindly

[ˈspɪndlɪ] ADJ (spindlier (compar) (spindliest (superl))) [person] → alto y delgado, larguirucho; [legs] → largo y delgado, largo y delgaducho; [plant, tree] → alto y delgado, alto y delgaducho
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

spindly

[ˈspɪndli] adj → grêle, filiformespin doctor n spécialiste en communication chargé de l'image d'un parti politiquespin-dry [ˌspɪnˈdraɪ] vt → essorer (à la machine)spin-dryer spin-drier [ˌspɪnˈdraɪər] n (British) → essoreuse f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

spindly

adj (+er) legs, arms, plant → spindeldürr (inf); chairs → zierlich
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

spindly

[ˈspɪndlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (legs, arms, plant) → stecchito/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

spindle

(ˈspindl) noun
a thin pin on which something turns. I can't turn on the radio any more, because the spindle of the control knob has broken.
ˈspindly adjective
very long and thin.
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