adjective
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of, relating to, or resembling a thread or threads
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med (of the pulse) barely perceptible; weak; fine
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sounding thin, weak, or reedy
a thready tenor
Other Word Forms
- threadiness noun
Etymology
Origin of thready
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; thread, -y 1
Example Sentences
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It’s harder to find original posts from regular people, unless your the Instagram connections you ported over happen to be a chatty — or thready — bunch.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2023
Similar to Sporothrix, Coccidioides has two forms, starting with a thready, fragile one that exists in soil and breaks apart when soil is disturbed.
From Scientific American • May 18, 2021
It uses a lab-grown material made from a thready, branching fungus called mycelium, grown in California and sent to France to be tanned.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2021
Mr. Asawa, critics concurred, was neither thready nor hooty.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2016
Even from thirty feet away, Hazel could sense Annabeth’s life force waning, her pulse becoming thready.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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