sinewy.

1. Lean and muscular with visibly firm strength.

2. Strong and economical in expression or design.

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• sinewy arm

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A sinewy arm gripped the bar.

The sinewy animal climbed the wall.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Use more/most only for naturally gradable descriptive applications; technical classifications are normally non-gradable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.