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   stringy

   /ˈstrɪŋi/

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of hair) resembling string in being long and thin: "her hair was stringy and uncombed" Similar stragglystragglinglankthinOpposite luxuriant
   • ▪ (of a person) tall, wiry, and thin: "he had the thin, stringy look of a rider" Similar lankyganglingganglyrangywiryangularbonyreedyspindlyspindlingskinnysize-zeroscrawnythinthin as a rakesparegauntemaciatedskeletalraw-bonedOpposite plump
   • ▪ (of food) containing tough fibres and so hard to eat: "the meat was a bit stringy but delicious" Similar fibrousgristlysinewychewyropytoughleatheryleather-likehardOpposite tendersucculent
   • ▪ (of a liquid) viscous; forming strings.

   Derivatives

   • 1. stringily adverb
   • 2. stringiness noun

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   What does stringy mean?

   • STRINGY definition: 1. similar to string: 2. similar to string: 3. having the appearance of strings, or (of food…. Learn more.

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   What is a stringy person?

   • And people who are long, lean, and strong are sometimes described as stringy, or as having stringy muscles. This connection between string and tendons or ligaments can also be seen in words like hamstring and heartstrings. Both string and stringy come from the Old English streng, "line or cord."

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   What is a stringy food?

   • Anything stringy is made of skinny strands. Some vegetables, like celery or spaghetti squash, are stringy. Long straight hair that hasn’t been washed in awhile can also get stringy. If you have to chew extra hard to make it through a piece of meat, it's stringy.

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   What does stringency mean?

   • 1. the quality of being strict. 2. scarcity of money for lending etc. in times of stringency; (also adjective) The government are demanding stringency measures. Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

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   Stringy means similar to string or having the appearance of strings, or (of food) hard to chew. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, synonyms, and usage with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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     having the appearance of strings, or (of food) hard to chew:...

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     STRINGY translate: 細繩狀的;線狀的;多筋的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   Stringy is an adjective that describes something containing, consisting of, or resembling fibrous matter or string. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries.

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   Stringy definition: resembling a string or strings; consisting of strings or stringlike pieces. See examples of STRINGY used in a sentence.

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   Anything stringy is made of skinny strands. Some vegetables, like celery or spaghetti squash, are stringy. Long straight hair that hasn’t been washed in awhile can also get stringy. If you have to chew extra hard to make it through a piece of meat, it's stringy.

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   Stringy means made of strings or resembling strings, or having tough fibers or thin hair. Learn how to use stringy in sentences and compare it with synonyms and confusables.

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   Stringy means similar to string or having the appearance of strings, or (of food) hard to chew. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, synonyms, and usage with examples from various sources.

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   Stringy means consisting of, resembling, or containing strings or a string, or slender and sinewy. Find out the origin, usage, and related words of stringy in English and Spanish.