spindly
/ˈspɪnd.li/
spindly adjective: characteristic of a spindle; slender and of weak appearance.
Adjective
spindly (comparative spindlier, superlative spindliest)
spindly meaning in Malayalam and Kannada
spindly in Malayalam
- thin, lanky, skinny
- നീണ്ടുമെലിഞ്ഞ, നൂൽവണ്ണമുള്ള, തീരെ മെലിഞ്ഞ, ചടച്ചുനീണ്ട, ഓന്ന, മെലിഞ്ഞു നീണ്ട
- flimsy, rickety, wobbly
- ഉറപ്പില്ലാത്ത, കാലുറയ്ക്കാത്ത, ചാഞ്ചാടുന്ന, ലോലത്ത്, ഒടിയാനിടയുള്ള, ബലമില്ലാത്ത
spindly in Kannada
- ಕದಿರು ಕಡ್ಡಿಯಾದ, ತೆಳ್ಳನೆಯ, ದುರ್ಬಲ
Examples of spindly in a sentence
- My copy of “Lolita” is all foxed pages and spindly spine, battered and beloved.
- Coolio, whose spindly and sprouting cornrows defined his look, went on to sell over 17 million records throughout his career.
- With one arm, he sidecasts between two spindly roots.
Synonyms of spindly
Forms of spindly
| comparative | spindlier |
|---|---|
| superlative | spindliest |
Origin of spindly
From spindle + -y.
Words formed from spindly
Questions about spindly
- What does spindly mean?
- Spindly means characteristic of a spindle; slender and of weak appearance.
- What is spindly in Malayalam?
- Spindly in Malayalam is നീണ്ടുമെലിഞ്ഞ, നൂൽവണ്ണമുള്ള, തീരെ മെലിഞ്ഞ. See Spindly meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is spindly?
- Spindly is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce spindly?
- Spindly is pronounced /ˈspɪnd.li/ (UK).
Words near spindly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: spindly (page history and authors); spindly (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); spindly (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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