Stringy

Quick meaning: Stringy is an adjective meaning Composed of, or resembling, string or strings.

Meaning

Composed of, or resembling, string or strings.

More Meanings

1. (of food) Tough to the bite, as containing too much sinew or string tissue.
2. (of a person) Wiry, lean, scrawny.
3. (programming, informal) Resembling or involving text strings.
4. (birdwatching) Of a sighting, unlikely to be accurate; probably based on a misidentification, whether innocent or deliberate.

Example Sentences

The meat was quite stringy.

There are few birders who have not had stringy ticks on their lists at some stage.

That was how I dipped out on a Tree Pipit! Which, of course, balanced up the stringy Hawfinch, so fair enough.

"I know, I know," said the man who had been addressed as Peeble, a nervous, stringy, dried-up person as he now appeared in the light.

Word Forms

• stringier
• stringiest

Synonyms for stringy

Depending on context, synonyms include fibrous, filamentous, lean, thick, tough, thin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ropey, ropy, thready, thick, lean, wiry.

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