adjective
Etymology
Origin of spidery
Example Sentences
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Long, black spidery lashes and black eyeliner frame her pale blue eyes, intensifying their iciness.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025
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
And on 4 May, after a visit from the matron at 10:30 in the morning, she notes in spidery letters - "I have the virus".
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2023
One was of a spare, spidery web done in ink on paper.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
Toast popped out of the silver toaster, was seized by a spidery metal hand that drenched it with melted butter.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
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