tendril
noun
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
tendrilly
-
a word derived from
tendril.
Example Sentences
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He looked at her very tendrilly and held out his arms.
From The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush by William Makepeace Thackeray
Tawny golden was she, with golden-brown eyes, and her hair that fell to her knees was blue-black and straight, with just the curly tendrilly tendency that gives to woman’s hair its charm.
From The Red One by Jack London
