spindliest
Extremely thin, frail
Spindliest is the superlative of spindly—the most thin, elongated, and fragile-looking among a group: the spindliest legs on the wobbliest chair, She was the spindliest of the three sisters.
The word suggests something barely adequate to support itself, like a plant stem stretched too far toward light.
Thin and graceful
- skinnyVery thin, underweight
- ganglingLoosely built, awkward
- lankyTall and ungainly thin
- scrawnyUnattractively thin and bony
twiggy · wiry · bony · gaunt · willowy · lean · skeletal · emaciated
Liable to shatter
- breakableCapable of shattering
- weakLacking power or force
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
tenuous · vulnerable · frangible · insubstantial · rickety · unstable · wobbly · precarious
Pulled to lengthen
- lengthenedIncreased in extent
- extendedLengthened in time or space
- tallOf considerable height
- toweringOf imposing height
rangy · leggy · drawn-out · tapering · attenuated · outstretched · gangly
slender
Thin and graceful
scrawny · twiggy · wiry · bony · gaunt · willowy · lean · skeletal · emaciated · svelte
brittle
Liable to shatter
delicate · tenuous · vulnerable · frangible · insubstantial · rickety · unstable · wobbly · precarious · tottering
stretched
Pulled to lengthen
- lengthenedIncreased in extent
- extendedLengthened in time or space
- tallOf considerable height
towering · rangy · leggy · drawn-out · tapering · attenuated · outstretched · gangly