adj
Meaning 1
Characteristic of a spindle; slender and of weak appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: twiggy
- She has spindly legs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: twiggy
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spindly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈspɪnd.li/
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈspɪn.də.li/
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
long and lean
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lank
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English spindle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English spindly From spindle + -y.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: вретеновиден (vretenoviden) — of a spindle
- Polish: wrzecionowaty — of a spindle
- Spanish: ahusado — of a spindle
- French: grêle — slender and of weak appearance
- French: frêle — slender and of weak appearance
- German: dürr — slender and of weak appearance
- Polish: patykowaty — slender and of weak appearance
- Polish: wiotki — slender and of weak appearance
- Spanish: flacucho — slender and of weak appearance