spidery

American

[spahy-duh-ree] / ˈspaɪ də ri /

adjective

like a spider or a spider's web.
full of spiders.

spidery British

/ ˈspaɪdərɪ /

adjective

thin and angular like a spider's legs

spidery handwriting

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Etymology

Origin of spidery

First recorded in 1830–40; spider + -y ¹

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spidery

Todd Haynes’ discomfiting melodrama shines a light into the spidery crannies of human behavior.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 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

One was of a spare, spidery web done in ink on paper.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

If you spread the mixture to the edge of the waffle iron, it makes a prettier waffle, but for crisp, spidery edges of potato — think latkes here — use less filling.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2022

Arm got up, making a spidery silhouette against the pink curtain.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

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