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spinely en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈspaɪnli/

Etymology

From spine + -ly.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard, rare) Like 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:

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