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• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Adjective
    * 1.2.1 Translations

English

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Etymology

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From spindle +‎ -y.

Adjective

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spindly (comparative spindlier, superlative spindliest)

1. Characteristic of a spindle; slender and of weak appearance.
   She has spindly legs.

Translations

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of a spindle

• Bulgarian: вретеновиден (bg) (vretenoviden)
• Spanish: ahusado (es)

slender and of weak appearance

• French: grêle (fr), frêle (fr)
• German: dürr (de)
• Spanish: flacucho (es)

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