ribbony

1 7.0

Long and narrow like a thin strip of cloth

adjective
/ˈrɪbəni/

: rizado

The artist painted a stunning landscape with ribbony clouds stretching across the sky.

Examples

Dark and shapeless with red and orange ribbony streaks.
She wore a dress with ribbony patterns that flowed elegantly as she walked.
The river twisted through the valley in a ribbony shape, glistening in the sunlight.

Synonyms

ribbon-shaped

vsribbony

1 4.1

Long, narrow and flat like a thin strip

is long and narrow but focuses on thinness rather than surface flatness

ribbonlike

vsribbony

1 4.1

Long and thin with a flat shape like a strip of cloth

is more about overall thinness rather than precise flat shape

straplike

vsribbony

1 5.2

Long and narrow like a strap

is thinner and more delicate in look than the sturdier linked form

Antonyms

thick

625 1.0

Having a large distance between two sides and often very dense

broad

106 1.0

Wide from one side to the other

How Thin

thin

422 1.0

ribbony

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narrow

279 1.0

Surface Forms

ribbony positive

Morphology

ribbony = ribbon (transparent) = ribbon + y

The adjective is directly formed from the noun 'ribbon' with the productive adjectival suffix '-y' meaning 'like or characteristic of a ribbon'.

Etymology

The word ribbony comes from the familiar word ribbon, which means 'a long, narrow strip of cloth', plus the ending -y that means 'like'. So something ribbony is long and narrow, just like a ribbon.