thread·y

(thrĕd′ē)

adj. thread·i·er, thread·i·est

1. Consisting of or resembling thread; filamentous.

2. Capable of forming or tending to form threads; viscid.

3. Medicine Weak and shallow. Used of a pulse.

4. Lacking fullness of tone; thin: a thready voice.

thread′i·ness n.

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