spindly

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

spindly
    adj 1: long and lean [syn: {lank}, {spindly}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Spindly \Spin"dly\, a.
   Long and slender, or disproportionately tall and slender; as,
   spindly legs.. Used in some cases to suggest weakness.

   Syn: spindling. [PJC]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

43 Moby Thesaurus words for "spindly":
      bony, dilapidated, doddering, flat, flat-chested, fleshless,
      gangling, gangly, gaunt, gawky, groggy, lank, lanky, lean,
      lean-fleshed, lean-looking, meager, ramshackle, rangy, rawboned,
      ricketish, rickety, rocky, scraggy, scrawny, shaky, skeletal,
      skinny, spare, spidery, spindling, teetering, teetery,
      thin-bellied, thin-fleshed, tottering, tottery, tumbledown, twiggy,
      undersized, underweight, unsteady, wobbly