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ropy

[ roh-pee ]

/ ˈroʊ pi /

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adjective, rop·i·er, rop·i·est.

resembling a rope or ropes: ropy muscles.

forming viscid or glutinous threads, as a liquid.

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Origin of ropy

First recorded in 1470–80; rope + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM ropy

rop·i·ly, adverbrop·i·ness, noun

Words nearby ropy

ropewalker, ropeway, ropey, rope yarn, ropinirole, ropy, roque, Roquefort, roquelaure, roquet, roquette

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Example sentences from the Web for ropy

He was a short, lean man with a leathery face and long, black ropy hair, and beady black eyes that caught the light like a cat's.
Richard Carvel, Complete|Winston Churchill
Near the Guardian Rocks large masses of ropy lava are found which suggest ejected bombs.
Mount Rainier|Various
Put a pint of clean sugar to a pint of juice, and boil it slowly, till it becomes ropy.
The American Frugal Housewife|Lydia M. Child
All I could see then was a bunch of black ropy arms tangled around what looked like, as Putz described it to you, an ostrich.
A Martian Odyssey|Stanley Grauman Weinbaum

The wet shirt clinging close to his body outlined well-knit shoulders, ropy-muscled arms.
Big Timber|Bertrand W. Sinclair

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