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thready

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thread·y  (thrd)
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.
threadi·ness n.
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Adj.1.thready - forming viscous or glutinous threads
ropey, ropy, stringy
thick - relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"
2.thready - thin in diameter; resembling a thread
filamentlike, filamentous, filiform, threadlike
thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"


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His features were peaky and sallow, and his little pointed beard was thready and ill-nourished.
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
"Absolute exhaustion--possibly mere hunger and fatigue," said I, with my finger on the thready pulse, where the stream of life trickled thin and small.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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