stringy

adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Consisting of, resembling, or containing strings or a string.
2. Slender and sinewy; wiry.
3. Forming strings, as a viscous liquid; ropy.

stringily string'i·ly adv.
stringiness string'i·ness n.

adj

Definition: thin
Antonyms: luxuriant, plump

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: lean and sinewy
  Synonym: wiry

Meaning #2: (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
  Synonyms: fibrous, sinewy, unchewable

Meaning #3: forming viscous or glutinous threads
  Synonyms: ropy, ropey, thready

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - senet, sej, trævlet

Nederlands (Dutch)
pezig

Français (French)
adj. - (Culin) filandreux, plat et sec (des cheveux), filiforme (littér)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - dünn, zäh, faserig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ινώδης, (ισχνός και) νευρώδης, (για υγρό) παχύρρευστος

Italiano (Italian)
nerboruto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - fibroso, viscoso

Русский (Russian)
волокнистый, тягучий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - fibroso, viscoso, lleno de hebras, flacucho

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - senig, seg, träig, segflytande, klibbig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
线的, 纤维的, 绳的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 線的, 纖維的, 繩的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 실 같은, 섬유질의, 근육형의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 糸の, 筋の, 繊維質の, 筋だらけの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خيطي, رفيع, لحم متليف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חוטי, חוטני, סיבי‬

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