Definition of spindly in English:

spindly

adjectivespindliest, spindlier ˈspɪndliˈspɪn(d)li

1Long or tall and thin.
spindly arms and legs
细长的胳膊和腿。
Example sentencesExamples
- He was a rather thin, spindly boy with plain brown hair and plain brown eyes and plain, light brown skin.
- It was tall, spindly, almost inhuman in thinness.
- Instead of viciously attacking them, the amphibian began to speak in a gurgling voice, thin spindly arms waving about.
- It was featherless, but stood a foot tall on spindly jointed legs; its face was avian but - like the body - fat and dotted with patchy, moulting orange fur.
- Jenny was tall and spindly, and Dean hardly had any hair.
- Being a rather spindly and tall individual, he can't manoeuvre into position to have a crack at goal.
- His bony, spindly arms, protruding from the black cloth draping his shoulder, pushed the cart by means of a heavy cord; his arm muscles, if there were any, did not show any strain.
- Franken and I chuckled about Gramm's refusal to answer the question, and suddenly two spindly arms reached across me and grabbed Franken and started to pull him out of his chair.
- She sighed and picked him up, cradling him in her spindly arms and lifting up her thin top.
- A tall tech with spindly legs and oversized glasses shrieks as he starts to pick up the poor damaged piece of gadgetry like it's his own child.
- She was a tall, spindly woman with frizzy brown hair and thin-rimmed glasses.
- He broke off as the door to their room opened and a sharp-faced, preternaturally thin man with spindly arms and legs tightly covered by taut sunbaked skin peered inside.
- William was a spindly, tall person with powdery white skin, and if Graham wasn't mistaken, black eyeliner.
- How many weird skinny dogs with spindly legs, cow spots and Dalmation daubs can there be in this world?
- His game looked very pretty but he was a tall, spindly youth who simply could not cut it with the big, tough lads in his age group.
- She continued filming as the aliens filed off the bus, apparently entire families of them in various sizes, though all of them looked thin and spindly compared to the human soldiers next to them.
- Zim's spindly arms and legs, Gaz's angry squint, and Dib's unimaginably large head are all hallmarks of Vasquez's designs.
- The dress she's wearing only just covers her thin and bony frame, and her spindly legs poke out above long white lumpy kneesocks.
- He reminded me strongly of my maths teacher, same tall frame and spindly limbs but he had long platinum blond hair and he was garbed in a ridiculous jesters outfit.
- It was long and thin, with short legs to stand on and two spindly arms with three fingers on the end of each.
Synonyms
tall, thin, skinny, lean, lanky, spare, gangling, gangly, scrawny, scraggy, bony, size-zero, raw-boned, gawky, rangy, angular
informal weedy
dated spindle-shanked
1. 1.1 Weak or insubstantial in construction.
  （东西）单薄的；结构不稳的
  spindly chairs
  结构不稳的椅子。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When growing from seed, reduce crowding by pulling up weak, spindly sprouts to allow 2-to - 6 inches of space between them.
  If it does not receive some sun, it won't spread and looks thin and spindly.
  The legs of the chair Kreutzer sits in are spindly.
  Infected tomato plant leaves become mottled and discolored and the stalks grow weak and spindly.
  It had been a large house, with three stories and a tall, spindly tower on one end.
  I left the main thoroughfare outside Delhi and followed a narrow single track through an eerie forest of thin spindly trees, close enough together to blot out the sun.
  At seven I was still yawning and stretching, sitting on the spindly little chair in our entryway, my forehead leaning against the window view the front yard.
  There was a basketball hoop in the front, and a tall, spindly tree covered in Christmas lights overlooking the left side of the driveway.
  The rest of my clothes had been folded neatly onto a spindly chair in the corner of the room, but they too were in desperate need of a pressing.
  As the shrub regrows, choose the strongest shoots and remove crowded, spindly, and weak ones.
  This usually results in tall, weak, and spindly plants which do not perform well in the garden.
  Seeds are notoriously over-sown, producing far too many weak, spindly seedlings.
  To unpack this, I would add that the color of ITC Garamond makes it weak and spindly on the page, something we really don't care for today.
  The women cower behind the spindly couches and fragile chairs.
  The oleanders have grown tall and spindly, and they have few blooms.
  He swung open the door and saw a big giant sitting down on a spindly chair that Leon doubted could hold him up.
  Aradia, Gwydion and Faunus were made to sit in three rickety and spindly chairs before the thirteen members of the Society of Sorcerers.
  Quite ready for a lie-down, Jon sat in a large red chair next to a spindly little table.
  Plants in fields with seeding rates above 150,000 seeds per acre in good environments may be tall, spindly, and more susceptible to lodging.
  Bailey captured them seated practically back to back on spindly gilt chairs at a fashion show, in an invisible yet palpable fog of unpleasantness.
  Synonyms
  rickety, flimsy, wobbly, shaky, fragile, frail, insubstantial

Rhymes

Brindley

Definition of spindly in US English:

spindly

adjectiveˈspɪn(d)liˈspin(d)lē

1(of a person or limb) long or tall and thin.
（人，四肢）细长的；瘦长的
spindly arms and legs
细长的胳膊和腿。
Example sentencesExamples
- Being a rather spindly and tall individual, he can't manoeuvre into position to have a crack at goal.
- Franken and I chuckled about Gramm's refusal to answer the question, and suddenly two spindly arms reached across me and grabbed Franken and started to pull him out of his chair.
- It was featherless, but stood a foot tall on spindly jointed legs; its face was avian but - like the body - fat and dotted with patchy, moulting orange fur.
- His game looked very pretty but he was a tall, spindly youth who simply could not cut it with the big, tough lads in his age group.
- He was a rather thin, spindly boy with plain brown hair and plain brown eyes and plain, light brown skin.
- He broke off as the door to their room opened and a sharp-faced, preternaturally thin man with spindly arms and legs tightly covered by taut sunbaked skin peered inside.
- It was long and thin, with short legs to stand on and two spindly arms with three fingers on the end of each.
- She continued filming as the aliens filed off the bus, apparently entire families of them in various sizes, though all of them looked thin and spindly compared to the human soldiers next to them.
- Instead of viciously attacking them, the amphibian began to speak in a gurgling voice, thin spindly arms waving about.
- Zim's spindly arms and legs, Gaz's angry squint, and Dib's unimaginably large head are all hallmarks of Vasquez's designs.
- The dress she's wearing only just covers her thin and bony frame, and her spindly legs poke out above long white lumpy kneesocks.
- It was tall, spindly, almost inhuman in thinness.
- How many weird skinny dogs with spindly legs, cow spots and Dalmation daubs can there be in this world?
- William was a spindly, tall person with powdery white skin, and if Graham wasn't mistaken, black eyeliner.
- His bony, spindly arms, protruding from the black cloth draping his shoulder, pushed the cart by means of a heavy cord; his arm muscles, if there were any, did not show any strain.
- She sighed and picked him up, cradling him in her spindly arms and lifting up her thin top.
- He reminded me strongly of my maths teacher, same tall frame and spindly limbs but he had long platinum blond hair and he was garbed in a ridiculous jesters outfit.
- Jenny was tall and spindly, and Dean hardly had any hair.
- A tall tech with spindly legs and oversized glasses shrieks as he starts to pick up the poor damaged piece of gadgetry like it's his own child.
- She was a tall, spindly woman with frizzy brown hair and thin-rimmed glasses.
Synonyms
tall, thin, skinny, lean, lanky, spare, gangling, gangly, scrawny, scraggy, bony, size-zero, raw-boned, gawky, rangy, angular
1. 1.1 (of a thing) thin and weak or insubstantial in construction.
  （东西）单薄的；结构不稳的
  spindly chairs
  结构不稳的椅子。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The legs of the chair Kreutzer sits in are spindly.
  It had been a large house, with three stories and a tall, spindly tower on one end.
  I left the main thoroughfare outside Delhi and followed a narrow single track through an eerie forest of thin spindly trees, close enough together to blot out the sun.
  If it does not receive some sun, it won't spread and looks thin and spindly.
  Bailey captured them seated practically back to back on spindly gilt chairs at a fashion show, in an invisible yet palpable fog of unpleasantness.
  Quite ready for a lie-down, Jon sat in a large red chair next to a spindly little table.
  Infected tomato plant leaves become mottled and discolored and the stalks grow weak and spindly.
  Plants in fields with seeding rates above 150,000 seeds per acre in good environments may be tall, spindly, and more susceptible to lodging.
  There was a basketball hoop in the front, and a tall, spindly tree covered in Christmas lights overlooking the left side of the driveway.
  Aradia, Gwydion and Faunus were made to sit in three rickety and spindly chairs before the thirteen members of the Society of Sorcerers.
  The oleanders have grown tall and spindly, and they have few blooms.
  Seeds are notoriously over-sown, producing far too many weak, spindly seedlings.
  As the shrub regrows, choose the strongest shoots and remove crowded, spindly, and weak ones.
  He swung open the door and saw a big giant sitting down on a spindly chair that Leon doubted could hold him up.
  To unpack this, I would add that the color of ITC Garamond makes it weak and spindly on the page, something we really don't care for today.
  At seven I was still yawning and stretching, sitting on the spindly little chair in our entryway, my forehead leaning against the window view the front yard.
  This usually results in tall, weak, and spindly plants which do not perform well in the garden.
  When growing from seed, reduce crowding by pulling up weak, spindly sprouts to allow 2-to - 6 inches of space between them.
  The women cower behind the spindly couches and fragile chairs.
  The rest of my clothes had been folded neatly onto a spindly chair in the corner of the room, but they too were in desperate need of a pressing.
  Synonyms
  rickety, flimsy, wobbly, shaky, fragile, frail, insubstantial

单词	spindly
释义	Definition of spindly in English: spindly adjectivespindliest, spindlier ˈspɪndliˈspɪn(d)li 1Long or tall and thin. spindly arms and legs 细长的胳膊和腿。 Example sentencesExamples He was a rather thin, spindly boy with plain brown hair and plain brown eyes and plain, light brown skin. It was tall, spindly, almost inhuman in thinness. Instead of viciously attacking them, the amphibian began to speak in a gurgling voice, thin spindly arms waving about. It was featherless, but stood a foot tall on spindly jointed legs; its face was avian but - like the body - fat and dotted with patchy, moulting orange fur. Jenny was tall and spindly, and Dean hardly had any hair. Being a rather spindly and tall individual, he can't manoeuvre into position to have a crack at goal. His bony, spindly arms, protruding from the black cloth draping his shoulder, pushed the cart by means of a heavy cord; his arm muscles, if there were any, did not show any strain. Franken and I chuckled about Gramm's refusal to answer the question, and suddenly two spindly arms reached across me and grabbed Franken and started to pull him out of his chair. She sighed and picked him up, cradling him in her spindly arms and lifting up her thin top. A tall tech with spindly legs and oversized glasses shrieks as he starts to pick up the poor damaged piece of gadgetry like it's his own child. She was a tall, spindly woman with frizzy brown hair and thin-rimmed glasses. He broke off as the door to their room opened and a sharp-faced, preternaturally thin man with spindly arms and legs tightly covered by taut sunbaked skin peered inside. William was a spindly, tall person with powdery white skin, and if Graham wasn't mistaken, black eyeliner. How many weird skinny dogs with spindly legs, cow spots and Dalmation daubs can there be in this world? His game looked very pretty but he was a tall, spindly youth who simply could not cut it with the big, tough lads in his age group. She continued filming as the aliens filed off the bus, apparently entire families of them in various sizes, though all of them looked thin and spindly compared to the human soldiers next to them. Zim's spindly arms and legs, Gaz's angry squint, and Dib's unimaginably large head are all hallmarks of Vasquez's designs. The dress she's wearing only just covers her thin and bony frame, and her spindly legs poke out above long white lumpy kneesocks. He reminded me strongly of my maths teacher, same tall frame and spindly limbs but he had long platinum blond hair and he was garbed in a ridiculous jesters outfit. It was long and thin, with short legs to stand on and two spindly arms with three fingers on the end of each. Synonyms tall, thin, skinny, lean, lanky, spare, gangling, gangly, scrawny, scraggy, bony, size-zero, raw-boned, gawky, rangy, angular informal weedy dated spindle-shanked 1.1 Weak or insubstantial in construction. （东西）单薄的；结构不稳的 spindly chairs 结构不稳的椅子。 Example sentencesExamples When growing from seed, reduce crowding by pulling up weak, spindly sprouts to allow 2-to - 6 inches of space between them. If it does not receive some sun, it won't spread and looks thin and spindly. The legs of the chair Kreutzer sits in are spindly. Infected tomato plant leaves become mottled and discolored and the stalks grow weak and spindly. It had been a large house, with three stories and a tall, spindly tower on one end. I left the main thoroughfare outside Delhi and followed a narrow single track through an eerie forest of thin spindly trees, close enough together to blot out the sun. At seven I was still yawning and stretching, sitting on the spindly little chair in our entryway, my forehead leaning against the window view the front yard. There was a basketball hoop in the front, and a tall, spindly tree covered in Christmas lights overlooking the left side of the driveway. The rest of my clothes had been folded neatly onto a spindly chair in the corner of the room, but they too were in desperate need of a pressing. As the shrub regrows, choose the strongest shoots and remove crowded, spindly, and weak ones. This usually results in tall, weak, and spindly plants which do not perform well in the garden. Seeds are notoriously over-sown, producing far too many weak, spindly seedlings. To unpack this, I would add that the color of ITC Garamond makes it weak and spindly on the page, something we really don't care for today. The women cower behind the spindly couches and fragile chairs. The oleanders have grown tall and spindly, and they have few blooms. He swung open the door and saw a big giant sitting down on a spindly chair that Leon doubted could hold him up. Aradia, Gwydion and Faunus were made to sit in three rickety and spindly chairs before the thirteen members of the Society of Sorcerers. Quite ready for a lie-down, Jon sat in a large red chair next to a spindly little table. Plants in fields with seeding rates above 150,000 seeds per acre in good environments may be tall, spindly, and more susceptible to lodging. Bailey captured them seated practically back to back on spindly gilt chairs at a fashion show, in an invisible yet palpable fog of unpleasantness. Synonyms rickety, flimsy, wobbly, shaky, fragile, frail, insubstantial Rhymes Brindley Definition of spindly in US English: spindly adjectiveˈspɪn(d)liˈspin(d)lē 1(of a person or limb) long or tall and thin. （人，四肢）细长的；瘦长的 spindly arms and legs 细长的胳膊和腿。 Example sentencesExamples Being a rather spindly and tall individual, he can't manoeuvre into position to have a crack at goal. Franken and I chuckled about Gramm's refusal to answer the question, and suddenly two spindly arms reached across me and grabbed Franken and started to pull him out of his chair. It was featherless, but stood a foot tall on spindly jointed legs; its face was avian but - like the body - fat and dotted with patchy, moulting orange fur. His game looked very pretty but he was a tall, spindly youth who simply could not cut it with the big, tough lads in his age group. He was a rather thin, spindly boy with plain brown hair and plain brown eyes and plain, light brown skin. He broke off as the door to their room opened and a sharp-faced, preternaturally thin man with spindly arms and legs tightly covered by taut sunbaked skin peered inside. It was long and thin, with short legs to stand on and two spindly arms with three fingers on the end of each. She continued filming as the aliens filed off the bus, apparently entire families of them in various sizes, though all of them looked thin and spindly compared to the human soldiers next to them. Instead of viciously attacking them, the amphibian began to speak in a gurgling voice, thin spindly arms waving about. Zim's spindly arms and legs, Gaz's angry squint, and Dib's unimaginably large head are all hallmarks of Vasquez's designs. The dress she's wearing only just covers her thin and bony frame, and her spindly legs poke out above long white lumpy kneesocks. It was tall, spindly, almost inhuman in thinness. How many weird skinny dogs with spindly legs, cow spots and Dalmation daubs can there be in this world? William was a spindly, tall person with powdery white skin, and if Graham wasn't mistaken, black eyeliner. His bony, spindly arms, protruding from the black cloth draping his shoulder, pushed the cart by means of a heavy cord; his arm muscles, if there were any, did not show any strain. She sighed and picked him up, cradling him in her spindly arms and lifting up her thin top. He reminded me strongly of my maths teacher, same tall frame and spindly limbs but he had long platinum blond hair and he was garbed in a ridiculous jesters outfit. Jenny was tall and spindly, and Dean hardly had any hair. A tall tech with spindly legs and oversized glasses shrieks as he starts to pick up the poor damaged piece of gadgetry like it's his own child. She was a tall, spindly woman with frizzy brown hair and thin-rimmed glasses. Synonyms tall, thin, skinny, lean, lanky, spare, gangling, gangly, scrawny, scraggy, bony, size-zero, raw-boned, gawky, rangy, angular 1.1 (of a thing) thin and weak or insubstantial in construction. （东西）单薄的；结构不稳的 spindly chairs 结构不稳的椅子。 Example sentencesExamples The legs of the chair Kreutzer sits in are spindly. It had been a large house, with three stories and a tall, spindly tower on one end. I left the main thoroughfare outside Delhi and followed a narrow single track through an eerie forest of thin spindly trees, close enough together to blot out the sun. If it does not receive some sun, it won't spread and looks thin and spindly. Bailey captured them seated practically back to back on spindly gilt chairs at a fashion show, in an invisible yet palpable fog of unpleasantness. Quite ready for a lie-down, Jon sat in a large red chair next to a spindly little table. Infected tomato plant leaves become mottled and discolored and the stalks grow weak and spindly. Plants in fields with seeding rates above 150,000 seeds per acre in good environments may be tall, spindly, and more susceptible to lodging. There was a basketball hoop in the front, and a tall, spindly tree covered in Christmas lights overlooking the left side of the driveway. Aradia, Gwydion and Faunus were made to sit in three rickety and spindly chairs before the thirteen members of the Society of Sorcerers. The oleanders have grown tall and spindly, and they have few blooms. Seeds are notoriously over-sown, producing far too many weak, spindly seedlings. As the shrub regrows, choose the strongest shoots and remove crowded, spindly, and weak ones. He swung open the door and saw a big giant sitting down on a spindly chair that Leon doubted could hold him up. To unpack this, I would add that the color of ITC Garamond makes it weak and spindly on the page, something we really don't care for today. At seven I was still yawning and stretching, sitting on the spindly little chair in our entryway, my forehead leaning against the window view the front yard. This usually results in tall, weak, and spindly plants which do not perform well in the garden. When growing from seed, reduce crowding by pulling up weak, spindly sprouts to allow 2-to - 6 inches of space between them. The women cower behind the spindly couches and fragile chairs. The rest of my clothes had been folded neatly onto a spindly chair in the corner of the room, but they too were in desperate need of a pressing. Synonyms rickety, flimsy, wobbly, shaky, fragile, frail, insubstantial
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