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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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In the summer, spider plants produce small white flowers and rafts of baby spider plants on long, wiry stalks that trail from the plant.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Jan. 2026
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In a new trailer for The Death of Robin Hood released on January 6, Jackman swaps out his clean-shaven ethos for a rugged silver fox transformation, complete with a long grizzled beard and wiry gray hair.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Fed by a spring, the shallow and weedy water warmed to create a comfortable fish nursery.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
15 Dec. 2025
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Hand-weeding or applying appropriate herbicides when the weedy plants are young and immature will give you the best results.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
30 Nov. 2025
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Riots of color, a horse or a human figure here or there, stringy webs of fabric.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
13 Dec. 2025
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Spaghetti Squash Cooked spaghetti squash has a stringy texture that resembles thin spaghetti noodles.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
21 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Soften the twiggy grapevine with sprigs of feathery broomcorn seed heads tucked between the garland stems.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
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Nat wore a slinky blue dress, which suited her willowy frame.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Behind him, were more stars: Adut Akech and the impossibly willowy Elizabeth Debicki.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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But his voice is still warm and reedy—a deviated septum helps give it that slight nasal edge—and the notes land precisely, if not predictably.—
Alex Abramovich,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Spitting Image has delivered a typically waspish response after Deadline revealed this week that the show had been served with a lawsuit by the owners of Paddington Bear.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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But what a response — a performance full of waspish pressing, muscular defending and precise, efficient counters.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The recent racy photos follow her now-viral Christmas haul, which included clips of Alabama sharing that her father gifted her lingerie.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Which helps explain why, around this time of year, certain social media feeds are inundated with racy FYI posts by adult stars courting votes.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Spidery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spidery. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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