spindlier
Thinner and frailer
Spindlier is the comparative form of spindly, meaning thinner, more elongated, and frailer-looking: Her legs had grown spindlier after months in the hospital.
The word suggests something that looks too thin to support weight or withstand stress—spindlier branches, spindlier furniture legs, spindlier limbs.
More tall and ungainly
- lankierMore tall and thin
- scrawnierMore thin and bony
- bonierMore angular, less fleshed
- gawkierMore awkwardly ungraceful
weedier · stringier · rangier · scraggier · lither · leggier · twiglike · sticklike
More flexibly slender
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- taperedGradually narrowing in width
- refinedPurified or cultured
- slenderThin and graceful
dainty · fine · gossamer · airy · feathery · delicate · wispy
Less sturdy or substantial
- frailerMore easily broken
- brittlerMore easily broken
- wobblierMore prone to teetering
- shakierMore unsteady or unstable
unsteadier · weaker · breakable · precarious · unstable · tottering · teetering · insubstantial
ganglier
More tall and ungainly
gawkier · weedier · stringier · rangier · scraggier · lither · leggier · twiglike · sticklike · skeletal
willowier
More flexibly slender
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- taperedGradually narrowing in width
- refinedPurified or cultured
slender · dainty · fine · gossamer · airy · feathery · delicate · wispy
flimsier
Less sturdy or substantial
shakier · unsteadier · weaker · breakable · precarious · unstable · tottering · teetering · insubstantial · tenuous