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Wiriness

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wir·y  (wr)
adj. wir·i·er, wir·i·est
1. Of or relating to wire.
2. Resembling wire in form or quality, especially in stiffness: wiry red hair.
3. Sinewy and lean: He had a wiry build.
4. Produced by or as if by wire being vibrated. Used of sounds: a wiry tone.

wiri·ly adv.
wiri·ness n.
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Noun1.wiriness - the property of being lean and tough and sinewy
leanness, spareness, thinness - the property of having little body fat


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He has certainly gotten old - at 60, he has lost the wiriness of his youth.
He speaks of Eddie's wiriness and strength, his smell, his fascinating gyrations in the bath (B 74-76).
The fugue itself should not surrender easily, and they tackled it with determination and, finally, resolution, so that the wiriness of Steinhardt's current playing contributed to the sense of struggle overcome that this movement must convey.
 
 
 
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