adjective
Etymology
Origin of spidery
Example Sentences
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Leaping high on impossibly long legs, he used his spidery arms to swat away shots that seemed destined to swish through the net Friday.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2024
There’s even a physical resemblance: As a Cornish rex, Vlada has huge blue eyes and spidery limbs covered in soft down.
From Slate • Nov. 13, 2023
Taking their name from Charles' spidery handwriting, these were private letters from Charles to government ministers from 2004 onwards.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2022
The most genuinely trippy scene is the shadowy “Cracked Mirrors,” in which reflective props and spidery lighting work together, along with the dancers, to disorient.
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2022
A new patient had come to him asking what she could do about the spidery veins on her cheeks.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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