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twiglike

twiglike

5.3
Thin and small like a little branch
  • adjective
  • /ˈtwɪɡˌlaɪk/
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  • The model wore a dress that highlighted her twiglike frame, accentuating her tall and slender figure.

Examples

  • Jiri glares at the twiglike novelist.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Her very young, twiglike body was wrapped in an elaborate slinky skirt with a Lycra top that revealed a strip of bare midriff.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • There was also a dry cleaner and a shoe store where I could stick my bare feet on the metal plate of an X-ray machine, look through the rubber eyepiece, and see my green, twiglike, vaporous bones.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The artist depicted a slender figure with twiglike limbs, blending elegantly into the forest background.

  • She admired the twiglike branches of the bonsai tree, which gracefully arched towards the sky.

Synonyms

twiggy
vstwiglike
1 6.0

Very thin in a way that looks like a small branch

is thin and slender but usually less extremely narrow
sticklike
vstwiglike
1 4.3

Thin and straight like a stick

is similar but suggests smaller, more delicate branching shape
stickly
vstwiglike
8.4

Long and thin like a small branch

is more like a small natural offshoot rather than a plain straight rod
hairlike
vstwiglike
4.3

Very thin and like a strand of hair

is thicker and more solid rather than filament-thin
wisplike
vstwiglike
7.9

Very thin and light, almost hard to see or hear

is firmer and less fragile in appearance than that

Antonyms

35 2.3

Large and taking up a lot of space, like a big coat or suitcase

1 4.7

A person or animal who has a short, strong body

How Thin

twiglike
5.3
spindly
11 6.2
slender
57 1.4
thin
314 1.0

Surface Forms

twiglike positive

Morphology

twiglike = twig (transparent) = twig + like

The meaning is directly derived from 'twig' + the productive adjectival suffix '-like', so learners who know 'twig' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Twiglike comes from twig, a small, thin branch, and the ending -like, which means 'similar to', so imagine something as thin as a little branch; that image explains why twiglike means 'thin or slender like a twig'.