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Recent Examples of spidery
Recently, scientists studying Lucy’s cells determined that her astrocytes — spidery nerve cells critical for cellular communication — may be actively killing her neurons.
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Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2022
The spidery lines of the reassembled pane are a careful worker’s diary of its destruction and reconstruction — and not a bad metaphor for the arc of Korean history in the 20th century.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2022
During this rain-heavy time, the falls go from a spidery trickle to a powerful force of nature that plunges off the cliffs toward the earth.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2021
With spidery legs and a chunky profile, the module, dubbed Spider, was all function, no form — the ideal machine to land on the moon.
—Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2019
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Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2022
The spidery lines of the reassembled pane are a careful worker’s diary of its destruction and reconstruction — and not a bad metaphor for the arc of Korean history in the 20th century.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2022
During this rain-heavy time, the falls go from a spidery trickle to a powerful force of nature that plunges off the cliffs toward the earth.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2021
With spidery legs and a chunky profile, the module, dubbed Spider, was all function, no form — the ideal machine to land on the moon.
—Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spidery
Adjective
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Walmsley will portray Pat, a wiry, volatile young Westie with a chip on his shoulder, quick to throw punches and eager to prove himself.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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The wiry face hair and fur is not labrador.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Crimson clover can become weedy in landscape beds, restrict use to production gardens, orchards, and other large acreage.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
15 Sep. 2025
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For years, nearby residents came to this isolated corner of the lakefront to take walks and find comfort in the solitude and often unkept beach and weedy woodland behind it.—
Michael McColly,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In the dressing room, after applying lipstick and rouge, Kaliardos plopped a wig of long, stringy brown hair on Costanzo’s head.—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Some of the pastas from the Middle East have a lot more egg in them and are stringy.—
Jennifer Kester,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Wood structures and twiggy supports throughout the garden give it a timeless charm.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Her willowy frame takes a tremendous battering as brutes slam her into tables and through walls.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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Only two bodies remain still: Ferran’s, in one corner of the platform, and that of a young man (Jabez Sykes) diagonally across from her, tall and willowy and pale — two statues that seem moonlit while the rest of the world writhes and sweats around them.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Then, there’s a creepy, reedy Charlie Plummer doing his best Caleb Landry Jones as Gary, #5, who goads other players into shedding down to their weakest points to eliminate them.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
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Mount developed his characterization, with his reedy voice, suspicious eyes and slumped posture, on set.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Among the waspish regulars of the Algonquin Round Table, Robert Benchley cut a relatively docile figure.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
11 May 2022
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At his waspish best, Mr. Wheatcroft is entertaining on all this.—
Richard Aldous,
WSJ,
8 Oct. 2021
Adjective
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Howard, a queen bee with a racy reputation, became a scene-stealer with her emotional outbursts and volatile friendship with Maddy (Alexa Demie).—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Alix Earle posed in a sexy dress that featured racy side cutouts.—
Jackie Fields,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Spidery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spidery. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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