twiglike

• Décrit quelque chose de très fin, mince ou fragile, rappelant une petite brindille.

Describes something that is very thin, slender, or fragile, resembling a twig.

1. Thin as a twigB2formal

   Extremely slender, thin, or delicate, resembling a small branch of a tree.

   mince comme une brindille

   • Her twiglike arms looked fragile in the cold.
   • The model had a twiglike figure that seemed almost unnatural.
   • He noticed the twiglike branches of the old tree swaying in the wind.

   Synonymesdelicateleannarrowreedyscrawnyskinnyslenderslightspindlythin

   Antonymesbulkyburlychunkyheavystockystoutthick