sticklike
Long and narrow
Sticklike describes something resembling a stick—thin, straight, and rigid: sticklike legs, sticklike fingers.
The word often suggests frailty or angularity: Her sticklike frame made the coat look oversized.
Thin and graceful
- thinSmall in diameter
- elongatedStretched beyond usual dimensions
- lankyTall and ungainly thin
- ganglyAwkwardly tall and thin
spindly · willowy · linear · cylindrical · tubular · narrow · columnar · wiry
Lacking any covering
- nakedWearing no garments
- leaflessHaving no foliage
- strippedHad coverings removed
- starkSevere and unadorned
bald · denuded · skeletal · gaunt · emaciated · scrawny · bony · angular
slender
Thin and graceful
gangly · spindly · willowy · linear · cylindrical · tubular · narrow · columnar · wiry · rangy
bare
Lacking any covering
stark · bald · denuded · skeletal · gaunt · emaciated · scrawny · bony · angular · sparse
brittle
Liable to shatter
frangible · frail · flimsy · splintery · crackable · weak · vulnerable · insubstantial · wispy
brittle
Liable to shatter
fibrous · dry · rough · gnarled · knotty · splintery · coarse · hardened · papery · desiccated