adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the edge of the lawn, one tree stood, a spindly silver maple.
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His spindly arms grab on to the statue, and he hoists himself up higher.
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One, a grade-school boy with spindly arms and legs, rode, unaided, a stationary bicycle.
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The older trees grow spindly and, their immune systems weakened, fall prey to infestation of beetles and disease.
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The plants on the windowsill were spindly and yellowing.
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The trunks often contort into spindly curves and twists.
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When you hit them, you knock out their spindly legs and their big bodies come flying right through your windshield.