Meanings
adjectivespinely (comparative more spinely, superlative most spinely)
comparative more spinely · superlative most spinely
- nonstandardrareLike or resembling a spine; spinal.
Some say the mountains grew from a molehill: a tiny little bump in the road that at one time could have been removed easily. But the molehill grew, nearly overnight, and became a spooky and spinely, foreboding range known as the Belgies.
2010, Phil Drake, Fat Chance
Origin
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spinely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinely
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“spinely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinely. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spinely,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinely.
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