spiry

¹

[ spahyuhr-ee ]

adjective

1. having the form of a spire, slender shoot, or tapering pointed body; tapering up to a point like a spire.
2. abounding in spires spire or steeples.

spiry

²

[ spahy-ree ]

adjective

1. spiral; coiled; coiling; helical.

spiry

/ ˈspaɪərɪ /

adjective

1. poetic.
   of spiral form; helical

Word History and Origins

Origin of spiry¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; spire ¹ + -y ¹

Origin of spiry²

First recorded in 1670–80; spire ² + -y ¹

Example Sentences

But the group oi spires, without it, would not be rich enough to give a proper impression of Lausanne, as a spiry place.

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Of such spiry or spire-shaped trees, the Firs or Spruces are characteristic and familiar examples.

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The grass-plot was full of romantic light, and on its eastern margin was an etching of spiry spruce.

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Beneath these spiry, crowding trees one has only "the twilight of the forest noon."

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Their clumpy heads blend ill with the spiry tops of the juniors.

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