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sinewy

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sin·ew·y  (sny-)
adj.
1.
a. Consisting of or resembling sinews.
b. Having many sinews; stringy and tough: a sinewy cut of beef.
2. Lean and muscular. See Synonyms at muscular.
3. Strong and vigorous: sinewy prose.
sinewy
Adjective
lean and muscular
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.sinewy - (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
unchewable, fibrous, stringy
tough - resistant to cutting or chewing
2.sinewy - consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
tendinous
3.sinewy - (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms"
brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful
strong - having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"
sinewy
adjective muscular, strong, powerful, athletic, robust, wiry, brawny


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Overgrowing the greater part of them, and climbing from one to another, is a wilderness of vines, in whose sinewy embrace many of the stones lie half-hidden, while in some places a thick growth of bushes entirely covers them.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
She washed his limbs; they were covered with thick hair; and when she dried his hands, even in his weakness they were strong and sinewy.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
A tomahawk and scalping knife, of English manufacture, were in his girdle; while a short military rifle, of that sort with which the policy of the whites armed their savage allies, lay carelessly across his bare and sinewy knee.
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