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Stringy

Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.

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Insubstantial 84% connected

Unsubstantial; not real or strong.

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Insubstantial 84% connected

Unsubstantial; not real or strong.

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Lean 84% connected

To conceal.

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Lean 84% connected

To conceal.

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Thick 84% connected

Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

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Thick 84% connected

Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

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Thin 84% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Thin 84% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Tough 84% connected

Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of an…

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Tough 84% connected

Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of an…

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Unreal 84% connected

Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

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Unreal 84% connected

Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

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Unsubstantial 84% connected

Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical.

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Unsubstantial 84% connected

Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical.

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Fibrous 92% connected

Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses.

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Ropy 92% connected

capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees.

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Sinewy 92% connected

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews.

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Thready 92% connected

Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub.

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Wiry 92% connected

Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.

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