The meaning of Spindly

adjective

Having angles or sharp corners.

Usage examples:

Angular chairs

adjective

Thin and bony

Usage examples:

She was tall and angular.

adjective

Of or like bone.

Usage examples:

The bony plates that protect turtles and tortoises

adjective

(of a person) tall, thin, and awkward in movements or bearing.

Usage examples:

A gangling youth with a trace of down on his cheeks

verb

Move ungracefully.

Usage examples:

He gangled along main street

adjective

Tall, thin, and awkward in movement

Usage examples:

Susan showed up with a tall, gangly boy.

adjective

Another term for gangling.

adjective

Tall, thin, and awkward in movement

Usage examples:

Susan showed up with a tall, gangly boy.

adjective

Nervously awkward and ungainly.

Usage examples:

A gawky teenager

adjective

Tall and awkward

Usage examples:

A gawky teenager

adjective

(of a person) ungracefully thin and tall.

Usage examples:

He is lanky and a brilliant artist as well as being excellent at crosswords.

adjective

Tall and thin and often tending to move awkwardly as a result

Usage examples:

He shifted his lanky body uncomfortably in the cramped airplane seat.

verb

Be in or move into a sloping position.

Usage examples:

He leaned back in his chair

noun

A deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination.

Usage examples:

The vehicle has a definite lean to the left

adjective

(of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat.

Usage examples:

His lean, muscular body

adjective

(of a person) tall and slim with long, slender limbs.

Usage examples:

A pale, rangy boy in his late teens

adjective

Having long thin legs and arms

Usage examples:

A tall, rangy figure

adjective

Used to describe an animal that has little flesh on its bones so that its bones can be seen clearly

adjective

(of a person or animal) thin and bony.

Usage examples:

Scraggy mongrels

adjective

(of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony.

Usage examples:

He had a scrawny physique and a protuberant adam's apple

adjective

(of a person’s or animal’s body) very thin because not fed enough, so that you can see the shape of the bones under the skin

Usage examples:

The store had only a few scrawny chickens left.

adjective

(of a garment) tight-fitting.

Usage examples:

A skinny jumper

noun

(of a person or part of their body) unattractively thin.

Usage examples:

His skinny arms

adjective

Very thin

Usage examples:

She’s shorter and skinnier than me., my bike has skinny tires., get the skinny on hundreds of celeb…

adjective

Additional to what is required for ordinary use.

Usage examples:

Few people had spare cash for inessentials

noun

An item kept in case another item of the same type is lost, broken, or worn out.

Usage examples:

The wheel's broken and it would be suicide to go on without a spare

verb

Give (something of which one has enough) to (someone).

Usage examples:

She asked if i could spare her a bob or two

adjective

Of great or more than average height, especially (with reference to an object) relative to width.

Usage examples:

A tall, broad-shouldered man

adjective

Of more than average height

Usage examples:

She’s tall and slim., the sears tower is taller than the empire state building., four of her friend…

adjective

Used to describe an organization with many levels of jobs between top management and the workers at the bottom

Usage examples:

In a tall organizational structure, employees often lie at the bottom of a long chain of supervisor…

adjective

With opposite surfaces or sides that are close or relatively close together.

Usage examples:

Thin slices of bread

adverb

With little thickness or depth.

Usage examples:

Cut the ham as thin as possible

verb

Make or become less dense, crowded, or numerous.

Usage examples:

The remorseless fire of archers thinned their ranks

adjective

Containing or covered with many weeds.

Usage examples:

A weedy path led to the gate

adjective

Containing a lot of weeds

Usage examples:

A weedy pavement, a weedy child, the story had a rather weedy plot.