spindly.

Long and disproportionately thin, often appearing delicate or weak.

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Words that belong together

• spindly legs
• spindly branches

On the page

Spindly branches scratched the window.

The creature stood on spindly legs.

A spindly chair leaned against the wall.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Comparative spindlier; superlative spindliest. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.