spidery

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English

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Etymology

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From spider +‎ -y.

Adjective

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spidery (comparative more spidery, superlative most spidery)

  1. Like a spider.
    • 1948 March and April, “A Keypoint in an Intensive Service”, in Railway Magazine, page 115:
      High up on the viaduct, and approached by a spidery staircase from the street, it looks down on Southwark Cathedral.
  2. Characterized by many spindly extensions.
    The spidery construction looked like it would fall apart in a stiff breeze.
  3. Suggestive of cobwebs; spiderweb-like.
  4. Infested with or containing many spiders.
  5. (writing, figurative) Cramped or illegible; especially when spiky.

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