Other Word Forms
- ropily adverb
- ropiness noun
Etymology
Origin of ropy
Example Sentences
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There were vines outside, ropy and twisted and moving in the gusty breeze.
From Literature
Objectively, I know that the defeated ones are in almost every other regard already winners: fit gods with ropy quads, admired, adored and no doubt absurdly well compensated.
From New York Times
The aberrant proteins convert normal prions to their malevolent shape as they add them, like rungs on a ladder, to growing, ropy aggregates that destroy neurons, effectively chewing holes in the brain.
From Science Magazine
Above the beard, a fading black ropy tattoo stretched across his cheeks and nose.
From Literature
A self-described product of the 1960s who, with his ropy ponytail and bushy mustache, certainly looked the part, Dr. Prados was both a scholar and an activist.
From New York Times
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