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stringy

How to use stringy in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for stringy.

Editorial note

Any time you have a dict with stringy keys that you know when writing the program.

Examples8
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

lean and sinewy

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of stringy gathered in one view.

adjective

lean and sinewy

adjective

(of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew

adjective

forming viscous or glutinous threads

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for stringy.

adjective

lean and sinewy

adjective

consisting of or containing string or strings

Example sentences

1

Any time you have a dict with stringy keys that you know when writing the program.

2

Nice, this thing should just concatenate whatever stringy thing I throw into it.

3

And then there's the insoluble fiber: the stringy stuff, like, you know, cellulose, like what you see in celery.

4

It seems to have rather poor resolution, and there are what appear to be stringy anomalies and uneven portions.

5

Didn't the dolphins that escaped give some alarm - "Aliens with catchy stringy things will entangle you and drag you up to the bright place if you go there!

6

I always thought of the physical structure of celery and how it splits and is stringy - reminds my of piping tasks through a distributed task queue.

7

I'm kind of surprised and amused that a Roast Beef Sandwich restaurant in Minnesota chose a name that refers to a cow that has escaped from a ranch and lived out its days stringy and free from the slaughterhouse.

8

I think this is a beautifully expressed thought:" as soon as I saw 'the slow web movement,' I assigned my own meaning to it. Because its a great name, and great names are like knotstheyre woven from the same stringy material as other words, but in their particular arrangement, they catch, become junctions to which new threads arrive, from which other threads depart.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use stringy in a sentence?

Any time you have a dict with stringy keys that you know when writing the program.

What does stringy mean?

lean and sinewy

What part of speech is stringy?

stringy is commonly used as adjective.