stringy
adjective, string·i·er, string·i·est.
Origin of stringy
Related Words for stringy
fibrous, gangling, lanky, muscular, sinewy, spindly, tough, wiry, lank, spindling, threadlike, gristly, reedy, ropyExamples from the Web for stringy
Contemporary Examples of stringy
It's also true that--like many squashes and gourds--it needs to be stewed and pureed to get rid of its stringy texture.
A dense and stringy fruit, it needs the accompaniment of a lot of sugar and spices before it becomes particularly palatable.
That changed Feb. 4, when the stringy 6-foot-3, 23-year-old Knicks guard racked up 25 points against the New Jersey Nets.
Smith—sporting blue jeans, combat boots, a black blazer, and that signature mess of stringy brown hair—offers to show me around.
Historical Examples of stringy
Their stringy muscles seemed founts of inexhaustible energy.
White FangJack London
Wonderful, he thought, as the towel stretched and kneaded his stringy muscles.
Cost of LivingRobert Sheckley
A woman with stringy hair and an elocutionist's mouth, grew dramatic as he passed.
Erik DornBen Hecht
Whalebone is very fibrous or stringy, and it splits very readily.
Chatterbox, 1905.Various
It was tough and stringy and required a great deal of stewing.
In MesopotamiaMartin Swayne