Spindly

Synonyms for "spindly" (59 found)

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Closest matches (12)

bony dilapidated doddering flat flat-chested fleshless gangling gangly

Adjective(4 words)

flimsy fragile ganglier gangliest

Strong matches (18)

Adjective(5 words)

gangly lank lanky leggiest leggy

gaunt gawky groggy lank lanky lean lean-fleshed lean-looking meager ramshackle rangy rawboned ricketish

Related words (29)

rickety rocky scraggy scrawny shaky skeletal skinny spare spidery spindling teetering teetery thin-bellied thin-fleshed tottering tottery tumbledown twiggy undersized underweight

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unsteady wobbly

Adjective(7 words)

shrimpy slender tenuous thin twiggier twiggiest weak

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More general

7 entries

appearance argumentbody typeexplanationphysical descriptionreasoning theory

More specific

8 entries

flimsy rationalegangly gaunt lankythin argumentunstable theoryunsupported claimweak justification

Collocations

5 entries

spindly armsspindly framespindly legsspindly limbsspindly stems

Derivations

1 entries

similar

2 entries

Sample sentences

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She has spindly legs.

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