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

He has messy, stringy hair, his face is unshaved and a cigarette with smoke rising from it juts from the side of his mouth — a rebel with a new artistic cause.

From Seattle Times

It doesn’t go melty or stringy when it’s hot, so much as suck up what’s around it — perfect for underneath a sauce.

From New York Times

Before using them, cut off the stringy, fibrous tip from the flower end, and trim off the very bottom of the stem.

From Salon

What you won’t get is charred skin and meat so stringy and parched that it’s gone from jerk to jerky.

From New York Times

I switch to my sharp cook’s knife and hack the squash in half lengthwise, then scrape out the seeds and stringy pulp with a spoon.

From Washington Post