twiggy

adjective

Definition of twiggynext
as in wiry

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twiggy
  1. wiry
  2. willowy
  3. weedy
  4. spidery
  5. reedy
  6. stringy
  7. waspish
  8. lean
Adjective
  • The place is crammed, mostly with young people, but a wiry 5-foot-9 man in his late 30s has taken particular interest in the man in the Michigan sweatshirt.
    Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024
  • To clean the mesh grilles—the soft, wiry panels in the earbud—dip your toothbrush into a cup of micellar water, and while holding the earbud upright so the mesh is facing you, gently rub the bristles, in a circular motion, across each mesh panel for 15 seconds.
    Julia Ries, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of wiry
Adjective
  • But in this room, influencers clamor for a picture with the willowy redhead.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The willowy model kept at it after marrying and having two children.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of willowy
Adjective
  • Keep weedy areas of your yard cut back to deprive them of a place to call home.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Common visitors to feeders for both seed and suet, these birds gather in flocks in weedy fields, roadsides, brushy patches and backyards.
    Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of weedy
Adjective
  • 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, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2019
  • 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
  • He was guided through the motions of the fry station by a reedy, goateed young man, an actual employee, who had been caught up in the candidate’s maudlin cosplay of worker solidarity.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Their voices sounded high and reedy, like that of preteen boys.
    Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Definition of reedy
Adjective
  • Field pumpkins have a watery, stringy and sometimes bitter taste.
    Claudia Alexander, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • One thing’s for certain: the future of materials science looks sticky, stringy and pretty spectacular.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of stringy
Adjective
  • The book brings to life characters such as the waspish U.S. Army general Joseph Stilwell and the eccentric U.S. ambassador Patrick Hurley.
    Richard Bernstein, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2014
  • 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
Definition of waspish
Adjective
  • Yet hungry predators prowling the surface world would likely pose this biggest risk, and be sure to pick off any ground squirrels that made the mistake of exiting the nest during the lean, winter months when prey is scarce and there’s nowhere to hide.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 28 Nov. 2024
  • By starting lean and expanding resources as demand increases, companies can optimize their cloud spend and maintain better cost control as they grow.​​​​ - Gabriel Gonzalez, Edenred 17.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of lean
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