spindly
IPA: spˈɪndɫi
adjective
- Characteristic of a spindle; slender and of weak appearance.
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Examples of "spindly" in Sentences
- The tower has tall, spindly pinnacles.
- She is described as spindly with long red ringlets.
- The triangle looks too bulky, and the arrow too spindly.
- The shape of the shrimp plant is generally long and spindly.
- The plant erects a spindly stem and bears sparse narrow leaves.
- It is a spindly shrub that grows from 1 metre to 4 metres high.
- What is the evolutionary advantage of being to long and spindly
- It is a spindly annual herb growing up to 40 centimeters in height.
- It carried its body on spindly legs and was likely an ambush predator.
- Rip could still see the Mononykus running off on his long spindly legs.
- For a few fleeting moments Milly recalled the spindly horse and the scrubby boy of the delivery wagon, but for only a few moments.
- As they are digested, smaller dwarf galaxies are severely distorted, forming structures such as spindly tendrils and stellar streams that surround their captors.
- The Financial Times called the spindly and demonstrative 38-year-old one of the “Gurus of the Future,” and even conservatives like George Will have written of him approvingly.
- Therefore spindly akas and non-buoyant amas are no longer of any use check the ferry in the top photo again and must be discarded in favour of far more buoyant and sturdy amas, as in photos 3 and 4.
- The south-east Asian variety of the ama really does use an actual log, joined by spindly akas, which don't need to be strongly made because as mentioned already, they are not designed to absorb pressure - they're designed only for delicate balance.