Meaning

2 senses
  1. Resembling wire.

    My hair was very wiry in my teens.

    of or relating to wire

  2. Thin, muscular and flexible.

    Don't fight him. He may be small, but he's wiry.

    drahtig

    жи́листыйžílistyj, поджа́рыйpodžáryj

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom has a wiry, athletic physique.

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  2. The woman had grey wiry hair.

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  3. The perfumer stroked his wiry, red-tinged beard.

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  4. His face had just a hint of a wiry beard.

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  5. Being a wiry person, he is thin but still looks strong.

    ruБудучи жилистым, он худ, но тем не менее выглядит сильным.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
thin, muscular and flexible:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
thin, muscular and flexible:

Origin

From wire + -y.

From wire + -y.

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Forms

wirier, wiriest
Comparativewirier Lesson
Superlativewiriest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Derivedwirily

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wiry — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto