spindly

Word family

spin·dly /ˈspɪndli/ adjectiveadj

THIN OBJECT OR MATERIALTHIN PERSONlong and thin in a way that looks weak 细长而不强壮的，纤弱的

spindly legs

细长瘦弱的双腿

Examples from the Corpus

spindly• The older trees grow spindly and, their immune systems weakened, fall prey to infestation of beetles and disease.• The plants on the windowsill were spindly and yellowing.• One, a grade-school boy with spindly arms and legs, rode, unaided, a stationary bicycle.• His spindly arms grab on to the statue, and he hoists himself up higher.• The trunks often contort into spindly curves and twists.• When you hit them, you knock out their spindly legs and their big bodies come flying right through your windshield.• At the edge of the lawn, one tree stood, a spindly silver maple.

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Corpus

BNC: 20749 COCA: 18091

spindly