spinely
adj/ˈspaɪnli/
Etymology From spine + -ly.
1
Nonstandard, Rare Like or resembling a spine; spinal.
- Some say the mountains grew from a molehill: a tiny little bump in the road that at one time could have been removed easily. But the molehill grew, nearly overnight, and became a spooky and spinely, foreboding range known as the Belgies.2010, Phil Drake, Fat Chance: