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stringy Definition

stringy (striŋ′ē)

adjective string′i·er, string′i·est

  1. like a string or strings; long, thin, wiry, sinewy, etc.
  2. consisting of strings or fibers
  3. having tough fibers stringy meat, celery, etc.
  4. forming strings; viscous; ropy stringy molasses

stringy Related Forms
string′i·ness noun
stringy Synonyms

stringy

modif.

  1. Fibrous

    wiry, ropy, threadlike; see fibrous.

  2. Viscous

    pasty, gluey, gummy; see sticky.

stringy Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • bit: Smaller pieces also rot quicker and you don't get long stringy woody bits in the final compost mixture.
  • cheese: Float it in the bowl on top of the soup and grate a stringy cooking cheese over it.
  • mucus: The earliest sign may be slight redness and dryness of the laryngeal lining with stringy mucus between the vocal cords.
  • discharge: Some patients complain of a sticky, stringy mucous discharge.
  • meat: This was the somewhat stringy meat of the deal.
  • one: Just make sure you pick the young ones, not the old stringy ones.

Modifying Another Word

  • slightly: The mixture will soften and become slightly stringy when lifted with the spoon.
  • rather: I had to leave half the steak as it was not quite up to par and rather stringy around the edges.
  • very: Its main characteristic Is a very stringy, sticky thick yellow / green discharge, which smells ( cf.