Stringy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Consisting of, resembling, or containing strings or a string.
  • adj. Slender and sinewy; wiry.
  • adj. Forming strings, as a viscous liquid; ropy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Comprised of, or resembling, string or strings.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous.
  • adj. Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Consisting of strings or small threads; fibrous; filamentous: as, a stringy root.
  • Ropy; viscid; gluey; that may be drawn into a thread.
  • Sinewy; wiry.
  • Marked by thread-like flaws on the surface: as, stringy glass; stringy marble.
  • Said of cotton that is imperfectly scutched.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. lean and sinewy
  • adj. (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
  • adj. consisting of or containing string or strings
  • adj. forming viscous or glutinous threads
  • Equivalent
    lean    thin    tough    unreal    insubstantial    unsubstantial    thick   
    Cross Reference
    sticky   
    Variant
    stringiest    stringier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fibrous    filamentous    ropy    viscid    gluely   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    dinghy    thingy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    rubbery    scraggly    flaxen    wispy    shoulder-length    disheveled    wiry    silky    reddish    leathery