stringy

string·y  (strng)

adj. string·i·er, string·i·est

1. Consisting of, resembling, or containing strings or a string.

2. Slender and sinewy; wiry.

3. Forming strings, as a viscous liquid; ropy.

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stringi·ly adv.

stringi·ness n.

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stringy

Adjective

[stringier, stringiest]

1. thin and rough: stringy hair

2. (of meat or other food) tough and fibrous

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	stringy - lean and sinewy wiry lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
	2.	stringy - (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew sinewy, unchewable, fibrous tough - resistant to cutting or chewing
	3.	stringy - forming viscous or glutinous threads thready, ropey, ropy thick - relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"
	4.	stringy - consisting of or containing string or strings insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal - lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"

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stringy

adjective fibrous, tough, chewy, sinewy, gristly, wiry

Translations

stringy string