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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
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.
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spindly

adjective
Tall, thin, and awkwardly built:
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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
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spindly

[ˈspɪndli] adjgrêle, filiforme spin doctor n spécialiste en communication chargé de l'image d'un parti politiquespin-dry [ˌspɪnˈdraɪ] vtessorer (à la machine)spin-dryer spin-drier [ˌspɪnˈdraɪər] n (British)essoreuse f
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spindly

adj (+er) legs, arms, plantspindeldürr (inf); chairszierlich
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spindly

[ˈspɪndlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (legs, arms, plant) → stecchito/a
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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 verpstė, ašis vārpsta; ass spindel pin spindel; tein , 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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