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Definition of Spindly
1. Adjective. Long and lean.
Definition of Spindly
1. Adjective. Characteristic of a spindle; slender and of weak appearance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spindly
1. long and slender [adj -DLIER, -DLIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spindly
Literary usage of Spindly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The California Fruits and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Methods which Have by Edward James Wickson (1921)
"Unless the growth is systematically cut back it will be spindly and will not come
low down on the limbs which could hold the weight of fruit desired. ..."
2. Cottage Gardener and Country Gentleman's Companion by George William Johnson (1801)
"Your plants, "now running into weak spindly ... February, have caused a great
prevalence of spindly growth, in most places, through want of air. ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1884)
"You are a little spindly, and not quite straight. ... I don't mind being crooked
and spindly, if it keeps an old wood-cutter from chopping me down. ..."
4. One Woman's Life by Robert Herrick (1913)
"Drawn up in front of the building was a small delivery wagon, with a spindly
horse and a boy. Freshly painted on the dull black cover was the legend: "H. ..."
5. One Woman's Life by Robert Herrick (1913)
"Drawn up in front of the building was a small delivery wagon, with a spindly
horse and a boy. Freshly painted on the dull black cover was the legend: "H. ..."
6. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1911)
""The poplar, birch and jackpine are invariably too short, spindly, limby and
crooked for any use save fuel or pulpwood, and what mature tamarack there was ..."
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