stringy

[ string-ee ]

/ ˈstrɪŋ i /

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adjective, string·i·er, string·i·est.

resembling a string or strings; consisting of strings or stringlike pieces: stringy weeds; a stringy fiber.

coarsely or toughly fibrous, as meat.

sinewy or wiry, as a person.

ropy, as a glutinous liquid.

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Origin of stringy

First recorded in 1660–70; string + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM stringy

string·i·ness, noun

Words nearby stringy

string theory, string tie, string together, string up, string variable, stringy, stringy-bark, strip, strip bond, strip cartoon, strip city

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How to use stringy in a sentence

Sneezelike contractions appeared to expel and move the specks along a “mucus highway” across the surface of the sponge to points where they collected in stringy, gooey clumps.
Sea sponges launch slow-motion snot rockets to clean their pores|Jude Coleman|August 10, 2022|Science News
Using a spoon, scrape out the seeds and stringy pulp, transfer them to a small bowl of water, and separate the seeds from the pulp.
Roast the seeds and peel for a crunchy garnish on this butternut squash and sage pasta|Joe Yonan|April 23, 2021|Washington Post
It's also true that--like many squashes and gourds--it needs to be stewed and pureed to get rid of its stringy texture.
Yes, Some of US Really Like Pumpkin|Megan McArdle|October 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A dense and stringy fruit, it needs the accompaniment of a lot of sugar and spices before it becomes particularly palatable.
Yes, Some of US Really Like Pumpkin|Megan McArdle|October 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST

That changed Feb. 4, when the stringy 6-foot-3, 23-year-old Knicks guard racked up 25 points against the New Jersey Nets.
Jeremy Lin Means More Than Wins for the Knicks|Matthew DeLuca|February 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Smith—sporting blue jeans, combat boots, a black blazer, and that signature mess of stringy brown hair—offers to show me around.
Patti Smith's Private World|Rachel Wolff|January 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It is true that the beef she used was not often beef, but she did not know that, and merely complained that the meat was stringy.
The Amazing Interlude|Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mr. Neech was a dried-up, snuff-coloured man, with a long thin nose and stringy neck and dark piercing eyes.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie
I then produced large nets made out of strips of green hide and stringy-bark rope.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont|Louis de Rougemont
His face grew stringy and his voice harder, and his eyes ready to burst from a smother of fire.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete|George Meredith
On the whole it was voted good though it had a strong, musty taste and was so stringy that it could not be properly chewed.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson

British Dictionary definitions for stringy

stringy

/ (ˈstrɪŋɪ) /

adjective stringier or stringiest

made of strings or resembling strings

(of meat, etc) fibrous

(of a person's build) wiry; sinewy

(of liquids) forming in strings

Derived forms of stringy

stringily, adverbstringiness, noun

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