wiry
adjective
made of wire.
wiriest
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superlativeof wiry.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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The skinniest, wiriest player on our team slipped behind the Keesler defense to urinate on the Airmen’s goal, an obvious foul.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
Sometimes one could pick up a team of these ponies and find them the toughest and wiriest animals that were ever hitched to a buckboard.
From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Dennis Collins
But one luckless day, as Featherhead was lolling in his hole, up came two boys with the friskiest, wiriest Scotch terrier you ever saw.
From Queer Little Folks by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Several hours of hard fighting then ensued, but in the end when the mustang was conquered he made the toughest and wiriest of cow-ponies.
From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Dennis Collins
He is the wiriest athlete I know—extraordinary physical strength for his size—and one of the cleverest rascals out as a politician.
From Marcella by Mrs. Humphry Ward
