twiggy

adjective

Definition of twiggynext
as in wiry

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Recent Examples of twiggy Their twiggy legs and bony frames exposed in bathing suits, the kids do indeed look extra vulnerable within the film’s savage landscape. — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 25 May 2026 Hummingbirds need the safety of shrubs and twiggy trees to perch on. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 May 2026 Choose Rustic Materials Wood structures and twiggy supports throughout the garden give it a timeless charm. — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Apr. 2026 All types of roses, except climbing varieties, can be pruned to remove long canes, dead or declining portions and twiggy growths. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2026 Focus on removing crossing, touching, weak, or misshapen branches that grow upwards or downwards into other layers, and remove twiggy, spindly growth down the trunk. — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 18 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twiggy
  1. wiry
  2. willowy
  3. weedy
  4. spidery
  5. reedy
  6. stringy
  7. waspish
  8. lean
Adjective
  • When an Instagram video with nearly 100 million views likened his appearance to a green onion — its wiry roots standing in as his hair — Haaland responded in the comments with a side-eyeing dog GIF.
    — Kaitlyn Huamani, Fortune, 13 July 2026
  • When an Instagram video with nearly 100 million views likened his appearance to a green onion — its wiry roots standing in as his hair — Haaland responded in the comments with a side-eyeing dog GIF.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
Definition of wiry
Adjective
  • Or gawky characters, all angular bone structures and willowy limbs?
    — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 3 July 2026
  • Joint was comfortable with Williams’s pace, and stronger than her willowy frame suggested.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 1 July 2026
Definition of willowy
Adjective
  • Jeon-Gi lives with his Korean family in Building A, scrapping with kids from other immigrant families in a weedy playground.
    — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
  • Your neighbors probably won't be bothered by your weedy flower beds or rusty lawn furniture.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 June 2026
Definition of weedy
Adjective
  • The original model walked with a spidery cat-eye that would have been considered bold.
    — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Pelargonium 'Graffiti White' is a heat-loving selection with spidery white flowers on a plant that grows 14 inches tall.
    — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Dec. 2022
Definition of spidery
Adjective
  • The prosecutor, Johann Frischman, laid out, in a reedy voice, the criminal complaint.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Among those acolytes is Lucien (Jérémy Gillet), a reedy, repressed young virgin who yearns to be part of the gay community but hasn’t the courage to come out to his domineering mother Christine (Elisabeth Wiener), who also just happens to be the country’s very right-wing health minister.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 May 2026
Definition of reedy
Adjective
  • Among them is, naturally, the stringy bikini look, and Kylie Jenner appears more than happy to kick off the season while soaking in every second of her dreamy Kylie Cosmetics trip.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 4 June 2026
  • Everyone is bulbous, stringy, or malformed.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Definition of stringy
Adjective
  • After some increasingly waspish bickering between Aleida and Irina, the group manages to agree once more on the importance of the Space Elevator and Titan mission succeeding unaffected by the ongoing protests.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Definition of waspish
Adjective
  • The filet mignon stays classy and restrained, while the dry-aged New York strip and ribeye lean deeper into the richness people come to steakhouses for in the first place.
    — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
  • The diaries taught me that even in lean times, Victorians still prioritized personal style and expression through their clothing.
    — Caroline Reilly, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of lean

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“Twiggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twiggy. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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