the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.
adj. Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Having the form of a spire or pyramid; tapering like a spire.
Abounding in spires or steeples.
Of a spiral form; spiral; wreathed; curled.
Word Usage
"We move like an underwater runner from the dark and spiry pine forests of the base past the timberline to the snow-dusted, rocky outcroppings of the seven-thousand-foot shoulder."