spidery

[ spahy-duh-ree ]

adjective

1. like a spider or a spider's web.
2. full of spiders.

ˈspidery

/ ˈspaɪdərɪ /

adjective

1. thin and angular like a spider's legs

   spidery handwriting

Word History and Origins

Origin of spidery¹

First recorded in 1830–40; spider + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Todd Haynes’ discomfiting melodrama shines a light into the spidery crannies of human behavior.

From Los Angeles Times

Leaping high on impossibly long legs, he used his spidery arms to swat away shots that seemed destined to swish through the net Friday.

From Los Angeles Times

For the longest time, many astrophysicists and cosmologists have assumed that newborn galaxies would look like the orbs and spidery discs familiar in the modern universe.

From New York Times

And on 4 May, after a visit from the matron at 10:30 in the morning, she notes in spidery letters - "I have the virus".

From BBC

One was of a spare, spidery web done in ink on paper.

From New York Times