I. ˈspī(ə)rē, -ri adjective
Etymology: spire (I) + -y
1. : resembling a spire : tall, slender, and tapering to a point : rising in a slender, tapering form
spiry grass
spiry trees
spiry turrets
2. : abounding in spires
spiry towns
II. adjective
Etymology: spire (III) + -y
archaic : of a spiral form : curving or coiling in spirals : curled , serpentine , wreathed
hid in the spiry volumes of the snake — John Dryden