stringy.

1. Containing long, thin, often tough fibers or strands.

2. Lean, with muscles appearing as narrow cords.

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Words that belong together

• stringy meat
• stringy texture

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The stringy material caught between the blades.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative stringier; superlative stringiest. 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.