spidery

American  

[spahy-duh-ree] / ˈspaɪ də ri /

adjective

1. like a spider or a spider's web.

2. full of spiders.

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spidery British  

/ ˈspaɪdərɪ /

adjective

1. 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

Example Sentences

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spidery

For the longest time, many astrophysicists and cosmologists have assumed that newborn galaxies would look like the orbs and spidery discs familiar in the modern universe.

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 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

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

The spidery lines of the reassembled pane are a careful worker’s diary of its destruction and reconstruction — and not a bad metaphor for the arc of Korean history in the 20th century.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2022

There were spidery shapes made out of old desks stacked top to top.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett