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Definition of Spiderly
1. Adjective. Relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida.
Category relationships: Zoological Science, Zoology
Derivative terms: Arachnida, Arachnoid, Spider
Partainyms: Class Arachnida, Class Arachnida
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiderly
Literary usage of Spiderly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Rock-garden by Reginald John Farrer (1919)
"... however, keeps its grace and astonishing delicacy of beauty high among modern
rivals in the border—a tall and quite spiderly elegant plant with large ..."
2. The Practical Teacher by Joseph Hughes (1882)
"A change for the better in this brought about a decided improvement in examination
results. spiderly writing never prospers. ..."
3. The Age Reviewed: A Satire: in Two Parts by Robert Montgomery (1827)
"Apropos,—I suppose some little spiderly Aristarchus will tell me, Birkbeck's name
is pronounced with the accent on the last syllable, and that Brougham is ..."
4. The Age Reviewed: A Satire: in Two Parts by Robert Montgomery (1827)
"Apropos,—I suppose some little spiderly Aristarchus will tell me, Birkbeck's name
is pronounced with the accent on the last syllable, and that Brougham is ..."
5. The R.I. Schoolmaster by Rhode Island Commissioner of Public Schools (1859)
"It is a singular attitude, but one vividly pictured by this spiderly simile.
These few examples may serve to show how pretty and even meritorious ideas are ..."
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