stringy
Composed of, or resembling, string or stringsComposed of, or resembling, string or strings.
» Her head was surmounted by a huge white chiffon hat, bedecked with three long but rather stringy ostrich feathers.
Meaning
5 sensesComposed of, or resembling, string or strings.
consisting of or containing string or strings
Tough to the bite, as containing too much sinew or string tissue.
The meat was quite stringy.
Wiry, lean, scrawny.
lean and sinewy
(informal)Resembling or involving text strings.
волокнистыйvoloknistyj
Of a sighting, unlikely to be accurate; probably based on a misidentification, whether innocent or deliberate.
Examples
2 sentencesHer head was surmounted by a huge white chiffon hat, bedecked with three long but rather stringy ostrich feathers.
Tom is such a picky eater that he'll diligently pick the stringy pith from an orange before eating it.
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From string + -y.From string + -y.
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Forms
stringier, stringiest| Comparative | stringier Lesson |
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| Superlative | stringiest Lesson |
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Synonyms
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4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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