twiggy
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6.0
- adjective
- /ˈtwɪɡi/
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- You seem kind of twiggy.
- twiggy legs
- twiggy arms
- twiggy branches
Examples
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"Oh, hush before you spout worse rubbish," Merlin prodded her in the small of the back with his twiggy finger.
Fiction book (1994) -
Whatever the boogieman was, I bolted straight into a grove of dead twiggy saplings and was snapping off.
Blog text (33) -
And I'm so very glad it wasn't just a bunch of twiggy white twentysomethings from Portland, OR.
Blog text (31) -
The reddish, purplish forked upstanding Twiggy stuff of bushes and small trees with dead brown leaves under them.
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He raised drooping eyelids to regard me, then rolled to his other side, covered his face with twiggy paws, and continued his fidgeting slumber.
Fiction book (2001) -
Why, no sooner did that child set foot on the soil of the Cottonwood than he doubled over, wrapped those twiggy arms around that chicken chest of his, screwed up the beadiest pair of eyes I ever did see that weren't attached to some sort of rodent, and started coughing.
Fiction book (2002) -
Despite the heat and Dr. Jones's dull lecture, the same speech he trotted out every year, despite the droning of bees beyond the open windows, where a hedge of twiggy China roses still grew, people took notice of the new photography instructor, Betsy Chase.
Fiction book (2001) -
The windward sides of the tree trunks were soaked; the leeward branches shivered in anticipation of more rain, wagging their twiggy ends at me as if saying,
Fiction book (2002) -
After starting a new workout routine, she noticed her arms looked a bit more twiggy than before.
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The model walked down the runway, showcasing her twiggy figure in a stunning designer dress.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having little body fat and a slim shape
298
1.3
Very thin in a way that looks unhealthy
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1.0
Thin and with little body fat
40
4.2
Very thin and weak in a way that looks unhealthy
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3.8
Thin and light in form, like a small person or light cloth
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6.0
Very thin with bones showing under the skin
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7.0
Very thin person with little or no fat
Thin and small like a little branch
Long and thin like a small branch
Having a thin, narrow body shape
Having a long thin body
An animal or object with a slim, narrow body
Thin so you can see or feel the bones
Very thin and bony in a way that looks unhealthy
Antonyms
How Thin
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Twiggy comes from twig, meaning 'small branch', plus the ending -y meaning 'like' or 'full of'. The image is someone 'like a twig', very thin, and the 1960s model called Twiggy made that picture famous. So, twiggy means very thin or slender.