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

Related formsstring·i·ness, noun

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It's also true that--like many squashes and gourds--it needs to be stewed and pureed to get rid of its stringy texture.
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A dense and stringy fruit, it needs the accompaniment of a lot of sugar and spices before it becomes particularly palatable.
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That changed Feb. 4, when the stringy 6-foot-3, 23-year-old Knicks guard racked up 25 points against the New Jersey Nets.
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Horace was short and fat around the middle with stringy arms and legs.
Friar Tuck|Robert Alexander Wason

She seemed to have but half as much hair as Babbitt remembered, and that half was stringy.
Babbitt|Sinclair Lewis
The bronchial tubes contained a considerable quantity of stringy mucous pus.
The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield|Emma Elizabeth Brown
A stringy remnant, probably once an improvised wreath of daisies.
Seventeen|Booth Tarkington
The pith is dried, ground to a powder and washed in order to remove the stringy fibre.
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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 Formsstringily, adverbstringiness, noun

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Word Origin and History for stringy

stringy

adj.

1660s, from string (n.) + -y (2). Related: Stringiness.

stringy

adjective, string·i·er, string·i·est.

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