ropy.

1. Thick or fibrous enough to form string-like strands.

2. Unsatisfactory or unreliable in quality.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• ropy fluid
• ropy texture

On the page

The ropy liquid stretched between the tools.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more ropy; superlative most ropy when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.