Definition of "spindlier" []

• Comparative form of spindly: more spindly (adjective)

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• "Odder, Cleon was bypassing the most obviously fit wharfmen for older, spindlier, more broken-down ones."
• "Paper became poorer and thinner; the boards became spindlier and spindlier until they were not much more than very stiff brown paper; the type became smaller and smaller in order to make the paper go as far as it could."
• "The Duchess, of course, is a reminder that the British can and do look good in long boots: hers have been a staple from her earlier, sturdier days in 2004, posing in a flat, brown, tasselled pair by Penelope Chilvers, to a spindlier, higher-heeled black design Aquatalia from Russell & Bromley in which she appeared this year."