Spindly

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Slender and elongated, especially in a way that suggests weakness.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Characteristic of a spindle; slender and of weak appearance.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Long and slender, or disproportionately tall and slender. Used in some cases to suggest weakness.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Spindle-like; disproportionately long and slender or slim.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. long and lean
    • Equivalent
    lean    thin   
    Variant
    spindlier    spindliest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spindling   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sticklike    spidery    scraggly    stubby    gangling    low-growing    massy    knobby    leafless    knotty   
     
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games.