adjective
stringy
STRIH-ngee
adjective
1
Made of, or resembling, thin string-like strands; tough and fibrous, especially of food.
"The overcooked meat had turned stringy and hard to chew."
2
Of a person or their build, thin and wiry.
"He was tall and stringy, with long, lean limbs."
How to Use Stringy
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishFull of fibrous strands, or (of a person) thin and sinewy.
Common pairings
stringy meat
stringy hair
stringy build
Word Forms
stringier comparative, stringiest superlative
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Etymology
From string plus the adjective-forming suffix -y.