wiry
adjective
made of wire.
wirily
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a word derived from
wiry.
Example Sentences
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The 48-year-old police officer is wirily framed and casually dressed.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2016
Dodrabbit ye, Pharo!" said Uncle Coffin, wirily folding his powerful arms; "keep yer seat, Pharo, and keep yer pipe.
From Vesty of the Basins by Sarah P. McLean Greene
By degrees, a composite feeling of blended strength and pain wound itself wirily round my heart, sustained, or at least restrained, its throbbings, and made me fit for the day's work.
From Villette by Charlotte Brontë
Wherefore, Link had grown to a wirily weedy and slouching manhood, almost as ignorant of the world beyond his mountain walls as were any of his own "critters."
From His Dog by Albert Payson Terhune
At last they stopped for lunch, choosing a spot where a hedge rose wirily against the midday sky, and spread the rugs on the frozen grass.
From The Happy Foreigner by Enid Bagnold
