Meanings
comparative cobwebbier · superlative cobwebbiest
- Having many cobwebs.
Off this landing and over the studio was a dark cobwebby place, tangled with wiring, plumbing, ventilation and mystery.
1944, Emily Carr, “Attic Eagles”, in The House of All SortsSynonyms: cobwebbed
- Resembling a cobweb or cobwebs.
[…] wonderful images of […] the cobwebby features of Ganymede […]
1980, Carl Sagan, chapter VI, in Cosmos, Random House, published 2002Synonyms: spider-webby
- figurativelyOld or dated.
As for changing the TV landscape, almost every programme it screened from 8pm until the early hours in the week beginning 11 August was either a repeat of one of its original transmissions or a re-run of cobwebby sitcoms and dramas it has bought from established terrestrial networks.
2014 August 22, Private Eye, number 1373, page 15Synonyms: aged
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving many cobwebs.
adjectiveResembling a cobweb or cobwebs.
adjectiveOld or dated.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveso thin as to transmit light
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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cobwebby. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cobwebby
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