spider-webby

English

Etymology

spider web +‎ -y

Adjective

spider-webby (comparative more spider-webby, superlative most spider-webby)

  1. Resembling a spider web
    • 1884: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter IX
      the rain would thrash along by so thick that the trees off a little ways looked dim and spider-webby; and here would come a blast of wind that would bend the trees down and turn up the pale underside of the leaves
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