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SPIRY
Etymology
Adjective
spiry (comparative more spiry, superlative most spiry)
Like or resembling a spire.
Abounding in spires.
Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.
Hid in the spiry volumes of the snake.
Source: Wiktionary
Spir"y, a. Etym: [From Spire a winding line.]
Definition: Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine. Hid in the spiry volumes of the snake. Dryden.
Spir"y, a. Etym: [FR. Spire a steeple.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets. "Spiry towns." Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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