spindly

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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Thesaurus

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.

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spindly

adjective

Tall, thin, and awkwardly built:

gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy, spindling.

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Translations

طَويل، نَحيف

vytáhlý

ranglet

spindeldürr

grêle

renglulegur

vytiahnutý

uzun ve ince

细长的

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] 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 [ˌspɪnˈdraɪə^r] n (British) → essoreuse f

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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/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 άτρακτοςhuso, eje võll دوك نخ kara axeידית धुरी vreteno, osovina orsó jarum snúður, teinn fuso, asse 心棒 축 verpstė, ašis vārpsta; ass spindel pinspindel; teinoś, 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 spichtigspinkel, ulenkeligwrzecionowaty 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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