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spindly

Speech parts

1. spindly - Adjective

2. spindly - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

long and lean

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I had spindly little ankles, and growing up in Canada, I couldn't skate. I was no good at any sports so was very much a pariah through those adolescent years. Neil Peart

I hate the word feminine! I mean, there is a woman and a man and when I say "woman" it suggests all that is radiant, tender, fascinating, gentle, demoniac, exaggerated! Feminine makes me think of somebody who is spindly and over-sweet: I don't like that! Sonia Rykiel

Directed by Sam Mendes and telling the story (in under two hours) of a spindly World War I soldier () in a race against time, “1917” cost roughly $90 million to make, not including marketing expenses. Source: Internet

In the fall, and over the course of several months, five eggs hatched into spindly black nymphs. Source: Internet

And inside, autopsies showed that brain region was packed with unusual large, spindly neurons — a special and little understood type called von Economo neurons thought to play a role in social processing and awareness. Source: Internet

Climbing—which was never going to be a spindly robot’s strong suit, anyway—becomes less of a focus, replaced with a combination of jet-packing and gliding that’s more appropriate for a life in the clouds. Source: Internet

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