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    STRINGY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: stringier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, stringiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: stringier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: stringiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Consisting of or containing string or stringsplay

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    insubstantial; unreal; unsubstantial (lacking material form or substance; unreal)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Lean and sinewyplay

    Synonyms:

    stringy; wiry

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Forming viscous or glutinous threadsplay

    Synonyms:

    ropey; ropy; stringy; thready

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    thick (relatively dense in consistency)

    Sense 4

    Meaning:

    (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chewplay

    Synonyms:

    fibrous; sinewy; stringy; unchewable

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    tough (resistant to cutting or chewing)

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