spidery

English

Etymology

spider +‎ -y

Adjective

spidery (comparative more spidery, superlative most spidery)

1. Like a spider.
   • 1948 March and April, “A Keypoint in an Intensive Service”, in Railway Magazine, page 115:

     High up on the viaduct, and approached by a spidery staircase from the street, it looks down on Southwark Cathedral.

2. Characterized by many spindly extensions.

   The spidery construction looked like it would fall apart in a stiff breeze.

3. Infested with, or containing many spiders.

Anagrams

• dipyres