stringy

[string-ee]

adjective

stringier, stringiest 

1. resembling a string or strings; consisting of strings or stringlike pieces.

   stringy weeds; a stringy fiber.

2. coarsely or toughly fibrous, as meat.

3. sinewy or wiry, as a person.

4. ropy, as a glutinous liquid.

stringy

/ ˈstrɪŋɪ /

adjective

1. made of strings or resembling strings

2. (of meat, etc) fibrous

3. (of a person's build) wiry; sinewy

4. (of liquids) forming in strings

Other Word Forms

• stringiness noun
• stringily adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of stringy¹

First recorded in 1660–70; string + -y ¹

Example Sentences

However, the report concluded that “this substance clumps together in stool, causing long, stringy structures to form,” which made the patients think they were passing worms when they were not.

From Salon

In the film’s third act, Manville appears as the eccentric Doctor Cotter, a botanist living in the South American jungle in the 1950s, whose stringy, gray hair is almost long enough to trail behind her.

From Salon

In this case: a stringy slot corner who never had been credited for a sack in his college career.

From Los Angeles Times

If your cooked lobster is too stringy or tough, that means it’s been overcooked.

From Salon

Snake was tall and skinny, and Newt was short and freckled, with long, stringy braids.

From Literature