wiry
Thin, muscular and flexibleThin, muscular and flexible.
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» Tom has a wiry, athletic physique.
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Examples
6 sentencesTom has a wiry, athletic physique.
The woman had grey wiry hair.
The perfumer stroked his wiry, red-tinged beard.
Meaning
2 sensesThin, muscular and flexible.
Don't fight him. He may be small, but he's wiry.
drahtig
жи́листыйžílistyj, поджа́рыйpodžáryj
Resembling wire.
My hair was very wiry in my teens.
of hair that resembles wire in stiffness
Origin
From wire + -y.From wire + -y.
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Forms
wirier, wiriestSynonyms
1 synonyms- lean and sinewy:stringy
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.