spidery
[spahy-duh-ree]
Origin of spidery
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Contemporary Examples
Soon Stilts would be stepping his spidery legs over me to face off with Frank.
Around the edges in her own spidery scrawl she would ask how I was.
Here is a large pile of spectacles, a spidery mass of rusted wire-frames and dusty lenses.
Historical Examples
There was a crackling, and the long, spidery limbs quivered and writhed.
The Forgotten PlanetMurray Leinster
It was written in an old-fashioned, lady's hand, angular and spidery.
An Outback MarriageAndrew Barton Paterson
No doubt there was a sensation of the spidery in my embrace.
Memoirs of a MidgetWalter de la Mare
The four Gnii went into a small huddle, waving their spidery legs at each other.
Mr. PresidentStephen Arr
The Chief grimaced, but he went back to the assembly of the spidery device.
Space TugMurray Leinster
spidery
- thin and angular like a spider's legsspidery handwriting
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Word Origin and History for spidery
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