stringy

American  

[string-ee] / ˈstrɪŋ i /

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.

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stringy British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• stringily adverb
• stringiness noun

Etymology

Origin of stringy

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

Example Sentences

“Well, don’t go calling me Cornelia,” I countered, pushing a lock of my stringy hair away from my eyes and tromping across the room.

From Literature

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