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Dictionary: thread·y   (thrĕd'ē) pronunciation
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adj., -i·er, -i·est.
  1. Consisting of or resembling thread; filamentous.
  2. Capable of forming or tending to form threads; viscid.
  3. Medicine. Weak and shallow. Used of a pulse.
  4. Lacking fullness of tone; thin: a thready voice.
threadiness thread'i·ness n.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: forming viscous or glutinous threads
  Synonyms: ropy, ropey, stringy

Meaning #2: thin in diameter; resembling a thread
  Synonyms: filamentous, filiform, filamentlike, threadlike

 
 
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