Wiry
['waɪərɪ] or ['waɪəri]
Definition
(adj.) of hair that resembles wire in stiffness; 'wiry red hair' .
(adj.) of or relating to wire .
Typist: Loretta--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
(a.) Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution.
Checker: Roy
Examples
- Once--unknown, and unloved, I held him harsh and strange; the low stature, the wiry make, the angles, the darkness, the manner, displeased me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He is slender, not tall, wiry, and looks as if he could endure any amount of physical exercise. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This was a long, lean, wiry, brown, silent man. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She seemed both tall and wiry; but, so the conflict were brief and the attack unexpected, I thought I might manage her. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He was a small, wiry, sunburnt man, clean-shaven, with a sharp face and alert manner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- She saw a tight, hard, wiry woman before her, as Mr. Lorry had seen in the same figure a woman with a strong hand, in the years gone by. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Typist: Susan