Thewy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Thewy is an adjective meaning Muscular; brawny.
Meaning
Muscular; brawny.
Example Sentences
The rest of the crew, myself included, merely stood up to our spikes in heaving, whereas, unwontedly exhilarated, at every turn of the ponderous windlass, my belted comrade leaped atop of it, with might and main giving a downward, thewy, perpindicular heave, his raised eye bent in cheery animation upon the slowly receding shore.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include muscular, brawny, muscly, muscley, brawned, humpy.
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