spindliness
Lanky, frail quality
Spindliness is the quality of being long, thin, and fragile-looking—like a spindle.
The word usually describes legs, limbs, or plants that seem too slender to support what they carry: the spindliness of a newborn foal's legs, the spindliness of seedlings reaching for light.
Thin and graceful
- lankyTall and ungainly thin
- ganglyAwkwardly tall and thin
- skinnyVery thin, underweight
- gauntLean from deprivation
willowy · lean · narrow · skeletal · bony · scrawny · twiggy · wiry
Elegant in movement
- elegantGracefully refined, tasteful
- willowyTall, slim, pliant
- svelteGracefully slender
- sylphlikeDelicately slender and graceful
lithe · ethereal · wispy · airy · dainty · fine · delicate · gossamer
Weak and breakable
- brittleLiable to shatter
- breakableCapable of shattering
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
vulnerable · feeble · weak · insubstantial · tenuous · frangible · splintery · rickety
Pulled to lengthen
- lengthenedIncreased in extent
- extendedLengthened in time or space
- drawn-outExtended beyond normal duration
- elongatedStretched beyond usual dimensions
attenuated · tapered · narrow · linear
slender
Thin and graceful
gaunt · willowy · lean · narrow · skeletal · bony · scrawny · twiggy · wiry · slim
graceful
Elegant in movement
sylphlike · lithe · ethereal · wispy · airy · dainty · fine · delicate · gossamer · diaphanous
frail
Weak and breakable
flimsy · vulnerable · feeble · weak · insubstantial · tenuous · frangible · splintery · rickety · unstable
stretched
Pulled to lengthen
- lengthenedIncreased in extent
- extendedLengthened in time or space
- drawn-outExtended beyond normal duration
elongated · attenuated · tapered · narrow · linear
spindlinesssturdiness
Strength and solidity
stockiness · bulkiness · stoutness · thickness · heftiness
spindlinessrobustness
Resistance to failure
sturdiness · solidity · strength · ruggedness · durability
spindle, spindly, spindlier, spindliest, spindles, spindled, spindling, spin, spins