adjective
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of or relating to a twig or twigs
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covered with twigs
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slender or fragile
Etymology
Origin of twiggy
Example Sentences
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Weyerhaeuser trained an AI model to pore over drone footage and calculate seedling survival rates, which are typically obtained by sending foresters to count twiggy young trees in rugged or sweltering terrain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Dried leaves, twiggy trimmings and even paper or cardboard will do.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
Even after a week of treatment with enriched formula, the boy, Sharaf Shaitah, lay motionless on a hospital bed, his bones peeking through the skin of his twiggy limbs.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2021
Gathering fallen branches to form twiggy sculptures in the woods has been a welcome distraction for the children.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2020
The little one was wearing the watch—it dangled around his twiggy wrist.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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