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stringy

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string·y

   [string-ee]
adjective, string·i·er, string·i·est.
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.
Origin:
1660–70; string + -y1

Related forms
string·i·ness, noun
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stringy (ˈstrɪŋɪ)
 
—adj , stringier, stringiest
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
 
'stringily
 
—adv
 
'stringiness
 
—n

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