spidery handwriting
- noun
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- He watched her spidery handwriting spread across the page as though laying claim to an ancient kingdom.
Examples
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On the left side of the card where you don't sign your name was a poem written in Grandma Sherman's spidery handwriting that brought back fond memories.
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She picked up the paper and read the spidery handwriting that danced across the page, revealing a heartfelt message.
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On the left side of the card where you don't sign your name was a poem written in Grandma Sherman's spidery handwriting.
Fiction book (1997) -
He focused on the spidery handwriting sprawled across the page, struggling to decipher the words.
Synonyms
141
1.4
The way a person writes letters and words by hand
18
4.6
Handwriting that shows a person's style of writing
13
8.1
Messy handwriting that is hard to read
7
3.5
Messy, quick writing or drawing that is hard to read and has little meaning
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5.7
Messy handwriting that is hard to read
3
8.4
Messy handwriting that is hard to read
1
3.5
Messy handwriting that is hard to read
Antonyms
How Thin
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'spidery' ('resembling a spider or its web') combined with 'handwriting' yields a directly interpretable image of thin, delicate or irregular script like a spider's legs or web. This straightforward adjective–noun metaphor follows common descriptive patterns and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Spidery handwriting comes from the image of a spider crawling on paper, where its long, thin legs look like narrow, wavy letters. That's why the phrase describes handwriting that is 'thin, uneven, and hard to read'.