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spindlier

spindlier is the comparative form of spindly.

Meaning of spindly

Adjective

spindly (comparative spindlier, superlative spindliest)

  1. Characteristic of a spindle; slender and of weak appearance.
    • Near-synonym: twiggy
    Synonyms:
    twiggy

Questions about spindlier

What is spindlier the comparative form of?
Spindlier is the comparative form of spindly.

Words near spindlier in the dictionary

  1. spindlewise
  2. spindlewood
  3. spindlework
  4. spindleworm
  5. spindleworms
  6. spindlier
  7. spindliest
  8. spindliness
  9. spindling
  10. spindlings
  11. spindly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spindlier (page history and authors); spindly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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