spidery
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]spidery (comparative more spidery, superlative most spidery)
- 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.
- Characterized by many spindly extensions.
- The spidery construction looked like it would fall apart in a stiff breeze.
- Suggestive of cobwebs; spiderweb-like.
- Infested with or containing many spiders.
- (writing, figurative) Cramped or illegible; especially when spiky.