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Definition of Spidery
1. Adjective. Relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida.
Category relationships: Zoological Science, Zoology
Derivative terms: Arachnida, Arachnoid, Spider
Partainyms: Class Arachnida, Class Arachnida
Definition of Spidery
1. Adjective. Like a spider. ¹
2. Adjective. Characterized by many spindly extensions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spidery
1. resembling a spider [adj -DERIER, -DERIEST] - See also: spider
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spidery
Literary usage of Spidery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"The kinds with the narrow perianth segments, which are crisped or fluted, have
a spidery look and are not aa popular as the kinds with broad, flat segments, ..."
2. Quabbin: The Story of a Small Town with Outlooks Upon Puritan Life by Francis Henry Underwood (1893)
"You look innocent, but you are sometimes ' spidery,' as I have heard you confess.
" If I am ever 'spidery,' it is toward foolish creatures who deserve to be ..."
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