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PRONUNCIATION OF SPINDLY

spindly  [ˈspɪndlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPINDLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spindly is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SPINDLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of spindly in the English dictionary

The definition of spindly in the dictionary is tall, slender, and frail; attenuated.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPINDLY


blindly
ˈblaɪndlɪ
Brindley
ˈbrɪndlɪ
determinedly
dɪˈtɜːmɪndlɪ
ecofriendly
ˈiːkəʊˌfrɛndlɪ
environment-friendly
ɪnˈvaɪərənməntˌfrɛndlɪ
fondly
ˈfɒndlɪ
friendly
ˈfrɛndlɪ
gay-friendly
ˈɡeɪˌfrɛndlɪ
grandly
ˈɡrændlɪ
ingrainedly
ɪnˈɡreɪndlɪ
kindly
ˈkaɪndlɪ
profoundly
prəˈfaʊndlɪ
purblindly
ˈpɜːblaɪndlɪ
roundly
ˈraʊndlɪ
secondly
ˈsɛkəndlɪ
self-containedly
ˌselfkənˈteɪndlɪ
soundly
ˈsaʊndlɪ
strainedly
ˈstreɪndlɪ
unfriendly
ʌnˈfrɛndlɪ
unkindly
ʌnˈkaɪndlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPINDLY

spindle
spindle tree
spindle-legged
spindle-shanked
spindlelegs
spindler
spindleshanks
spindlier
spindliest
spindling
spindrift
spine
spine-basher
spine-bashing
spine-chiller
spine-chilling
spine-tingling
spined
spinel
spineless

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPINDLY

environmentally friendly
husbandly
jocundly
moribundly
overfondly
ozone-friendly
repandly
rotundly
secundly
unsoundly
user-friendly

Synonyms and antonyms of spindly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SPINDLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «spindly» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of spindly

Translation of «spindly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPINDLY

Find out the translation of spindly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spindly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spindly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

细长
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

larguirucho
570 millions of speakers

English

spindly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दुबला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طويل ضعيف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тонкими
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

espigado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

spindly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grêle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spindly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

spindeldürr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ひょろっとした
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가늘고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spindly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giống hình con quay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீண்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पंदनशील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cılız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

affusolato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wrzecionowate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тонкими
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fusiform
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψιλόλιγνος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spichtig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spindly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spinkel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spindly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPINDLY»

The term «spindly» is regularly used and occupies the 106.916 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPINDLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spindly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spindly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spindly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPINDLY»

Discover the use of spindly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spindly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ortho Home Gardener's Problem Solver
(continued). VIOLA. (Pansy,. violet). Leaf. spot. Spindly. growth. and. poor. flowering. Root. and. stem. rot. Leaf spot on viola. Problem: Leave- and stems are spotted or blotched. The spots may be grayish white, yellow, tan, or brown and range ...
Denny Schrock, Ortho Books, 2004
2
Advances in Centromere Research and Application: 2011 ...
(2010 AUG 30) University of California, La Jolla: Removal of Spindly from microtubuleattached kinetochores controls spindle ... 'Removal of Spindly from microtubule-attached kinetochores controls spindle checkpoint silencing in human cells,' ...
‎2012
3
Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Cottonian Library ...
Spindly, to Henry VIII ; concerning the war jn Italy and Navarre ; the 1). of Guelders' peaceable disposition, &c, the treaty of Noyon proposed. (Orig. two letters.) Brussels, April 14 and 16, 1516. 20. 1 7. Cuthb. Tunstal, to Card. Wolscy ; reports ...
British Museum Dept. of Manuscripts British Museum, British Museum. Department of Manuscripts
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Dyneins—Advances in Research and Application: 2012 Edition: ...
(2011 JUN 7) Innsbruck Medical University: Spindly switch controls anaphase - spindly and R22 functions in chromosome attachment and mitotic checkpoint control A new study, 'Spindly switch controls anaphase: spindly and RZZ functions in ...
‎2012
5
Spindly Legs and Cigarettes
Memories of joy, pain, happiness, love and sorrow. Spindly Legs and Cigarettes is not just my journey though. This book reaches the deepest of souls covering real emotions, real experiences and real events of the past 40 years.
Jo Sinfield, 2006
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Koss' Diagnostic Cytology and Its Histopathologic Bases
The corresponding tumor of the choroid is composed of bundles of spindly cells. C,D. Carcinomatous melanoma. The smear (C) is composed of obviously malignant mononucleated and multinucleated cells, some containing cytoplasmic  ...
Leopold G. Koss, Myron R. Melamed, 2006
7
The Great Pretender
Spindly and chunky types of stick insect must have populated the trees too. Imagine being a bird with poor eyesight, and it's immediately clear which examples of the insect world of yore would be the prime candidates for a meal: the chunky ...
‎2007
8
Latin American regional league program and Brazilian cowpea ...
Iita, Embrapa. BARU Lodging. UFV 80-96 897 Determinate growth habit, plant height fair, good pod set. BR 83-11107 814 Determinate growth habit, very tall, highly productive, pods beginning to shatter. BR 80-14247 891 Spindly, ...
Iita, Embrapa
9
Reaching for the Sun: How Plants Work
Etiolation In many kinds of plants, when seeds are germinated in the dark, the young seedlings have long, spindly stems and tiny leaves which are yellow, not green, a condition called etiolation. Most plants grow in a “leggy” fashion if not given ...
John King, 2011
10
Language Arts Mini-lessons: Step-by-step Skill-builders for ...
But the eighth, she now saw, was a poor spindly... What does spindly mean? The sentence began with the word but, which means an opposite idea. So it would be opposite of round and strong-looking, which are the words the author used to ...
Joan Clemmons, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPINDLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spindly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Those spindly, side-stepping creatures you'll see in Boston next …
BOSTON - Don't be alarmed if you're walking through City Hall Plaza next month and you see a spindly creature quickly side-stepping across the red brick. «MassLive.com, Jul 15»
2
Several factors can cause weak, spindly asparagus spears
The causes of weak and spindly asparagus spears and low yields are usually cultural. They indicate a root system weakened from: Federal Hill vertical garden. «Baltimore Sun, Jun 15»
3
Dirty Fingernails: Deep planting will protect spindly tomato plants
Q: I have a couple of spindly tomato plants that I grew from seed, and I thought that I would plant them with the stem buried. Then a gardener told me that would ... «The Missoulian, Jun 15»
4
Spindly legged and rare twin mules grace farm
Spindly legged and rare twin mules grace farm ... on “baby watch,” but she said she had no idea there would be more than one spindly newborn to look after. «Auburn Journal, May 15»
5
1.9m-year-old pelvis suggests early humans had tiny hips and …
This would have given these early humans an upright posture but with narrow hips and spindly legs. Professor Carol Ward, a pathologist at the University of ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
6
Why do Christmas trees have such a spindly top this year?
It may make them easier to decorate, but the trend for spindly tops and bushy bottoms on this year's batch of Christmas trees is no accident, according to growers ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
7
Spindly-Legged Plant Pots by Tim van de Weerd
Dutch designer Tim van de Weerd has given plants a triffid-like new life with his new "Monstera" pots, featuring long spindly-legs inspired by the plant's own ... «HUH., Nov 14»
8
It's a Charlie Brown Christmas for "ugly" Pennsylvania tree
Officials in Reading say the spindly branches will be decorated with a single red ornamental bulb -- just like the scrawny tree in the beloved "Peanuts" holiday ... «CBS News, Nov 14»
9
Pennsylvania residents say 'ugly' Christmas tree needs to be replaced
Reading's spindly 50-foot spruce drew the ire of residents who said it was ruining their holiday spirit. Now a group led by the city council president is raising ... «New York Daily News, Nov 14»
10
'Titanic' Spindly Porter Drops Lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (CN) - An extra who played the "spindly porter" in James Cameron's "Titanic" has dropped his remaining claims against the director's Lightstorm ... «Courthouse News Service, Nov 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Spindly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/spindly>. Apr 2024 ».
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