Definitions

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  • adjective relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida

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Examples

  • Driving home, Clara saw the old woman moving along, spiderly with her crutches and pack.

    "Good to a Fault" 2010

  • Driving home, Clara saw the old woman moving along, spiderly with her crutches and pack.

    "Good to a Fault" 2010

  • Driving home, Clara saw the old woman moving along, spiderly with her crutches and pack.

    "Good to a Fault" 2010

  • “Fate!” she repeated, and wiggled spiderly fingers at me again.

    Twilight Nancy Pickard 1995

  • "Nice name, Spida '," she said, and made a spiderly walk with her sharp nails down his arm.

    1968 Haldeman, Joe & Fields, Trinity 1984

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