Stringy
['strɪŋɪ] or ['strɪŋi]
Definition
(adj.) consisting of or containing string or strings .
(adj.) lean and sinewy .
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Definition
(a.) Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.
(a.) Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Fibrous, filamentous.[2]. Ropy, viscid, viscous, glutinous, adhesive, smeary, dauby.
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Examples
- And this proved to be correct, for, after a prolonged kneading and rolling, the mass changed into a cohesive, stringy, homogeneous putty. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- From the wild stringy root of human uprightness, she has reared a due sense of the Divine justice. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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