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webby

webby

7.4
Having many thin connected threads like a spider's web
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɛbi/
translation icon : enredado
  • And once they were all outlined, I kind of created some like spider webby effects and I just made it look a little bit more organic.

Now spider mites, you can tell by kind of their webby webs, their webby webs all over the plan.

Examples

  • Now spider mites, you can tell by kind of their webby webs, their webby webs all over the plan.

  • They're very small and very webby when they're young.

  • The fabric has a webby pattern that allows for airflow and keeps the blanket lightweight.

  • These fruits have a webby texture, making them difficult to peel without tearing.

  • The artist created a painting with webby shapes that gave it a unique three-dimensional effect.

Synonyms

spidery
vswebby
4 6.4

Thin and delicate like a spider's web or legs

stresses actual open, interlaced structure rather than mere thinness
lacy
vswebby
1 3.2

Made of thin cloth with small open patterns

means natural interlaced open structure rather than decorative material patterns
weblike
vswebby
5.2

Having thin threads that form a net like a spider's web

has identical meaning but is an alternative form
netlike
vswebby
4.9

Having many small open spaces between thin crossing lines

refers specifically to that open, threadlike pattern rather than nets
netted
vswebby
4.4

Material with thin threads and many small holes

emphasizes the same open pattern rather than actual woven material
spiderwebbed
vswebby
6.6

Having thin lines that form a shape like a spider's web

describes the same appearance but as a full structural pattern rather than surface marks
spiderish
vswebby
8.6

Very thin and delicate like a spider's web

focuses more on open structural spaces than just thinness

Antonyms

325 1.0

Firm and hard so it keeps its shape, not liquid

60 4.1

Small and tightly packed so it does not take much space

How Web-like

cobwebby
1 7.5
webby
7.4
lacy
1 3.2

Surface Forms

webby positive

Morphology

webby = web (transparent) = web + y

Formed directly from 'web' + '-y' to mean 'web-like', which is immediately inferable from the base.

Etymology

Webby comes from the simple word web, meaning a spider's web, plus the ending -y, which means 'full of' or 'like'. So webby describes something that looks or feels 'like' a web, with thin threads or open, net-like spaces.