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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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Adj. 1. spindly - long and lean
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spindly
adjective lanky, gangly, spidery, leggy, twiggy, attenuated, gangling, spindle-shanked I did have rather spindly legs.
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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 delgaduchoCollins 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, filiforme spin 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 fCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
spindly
adj (+er) legs, arms, plant → spindeldürr (inf); chairs → zierlich
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spindly
[ˈspɪndlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (legs, arms, plant) → stecchito/aCollins 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. spil مِغْزَل вретено eixo osa die Welle pind άτρακτος huso, eje võll دوك نخ kara axe ידית धुरी vreteno, osovina orsó jarum snúður, teinn fuso, asse 心棒 축 verpstė, ašis vārpsta; ass spindel pin spindel; tein oś, sztyft يو كوچني سنجاق eixo ax ось; шпиндель os os osovina spindel, axel แกนหมุน mil, dingil (心)軸 веретено; шпиндель چرخے کا تکلا trục quay (心)轴
ˈspindly adjective very long and thin. spilagtig طَويل، نَحيف вретеновиден esguio vytáhlý lang und dünn ranglet ψιλόλιγνος largo y delgado vibalik hontelo grêle דַק וְאַרוֹך लमदड़ tanak kao vreteno nyurga seperti jarum renglulegur affusolato 細長い 길고 가는 kaip šeiva izstīdzējis kurus kering spichtig spinkel, ulenkelig wrzecionowaty اوږد او ډنګر esguio subţire длинный и тонкий vytiahnutý, dlhý tenek vretenast lång och smal, skranglig สูงยาว uzun ve ince 細長的 довгий і тонкий; веретеноподібний اونچا اور پتلا dong dỏng, mảnh khảnh 细长的
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