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SINEWY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
Example:
powerful arms
Synonyms:
brawny; hefty; muscular; powerful; sinewy
Classified under:
Similar:
strong (having strength or power greater than average or expected)
Derivation:
sinew (possessing muscular strength)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
Synonyms:
fibrous; sinewy; stringy; unchewable
Classified under:
Similar:
tough (resistant to cutting or chewing)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
Synonyms:
sinewy; tendinous
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
sinew (a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment)
Derivation:
sinew (a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment)
Context examples:
It was what might be termed a sinewy, knotty strength, of the kind we ascribe to lean and wiry men, but which, in him, because of his heavy build, partook more of the enlarged gorilla order.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Even as the three wayfarers stared, however, there was a sudden change, for the smaller man, having finished his song, loosened his own gown and handed the scourge to the other, who took up the stave once more and lashed his companion with all the strength of his bare and sinewy arm.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
