Cobwebby
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Cobwebby is an adjective meaning Having many cobwebs.
Meaning
Having many cobwebs.
More Meanings
- Resembling a cobweb or cobwebs.
- (figurative) Old or dated.
Example Sentences
[…] wonderful images of […] the cobwebby features of Ganymede […]
Off this landing and over the studio was a dark cobwebby place, tangled with wiring, plumbing, ventilation and mystery.
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.
Word Forms
- cobwebbier
- cobwebbiest
Synonyms for cobwebby
Depending on context, synonyms include cobwebbed, spider-webby, aged, hoary, obsolete, gossamer.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gossamer, gauzy, filmy, sheer, vaporous, diaphanous.
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