Stringily
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Adverb
- 1 In a stringy way.
"Her complexion was of an unhealthy yellowish hue, and a few wisps of the same yellowish-hued hair straggled stringily down her thin temples."
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More examples"Her complexion was of an unhealthy yellowish hue, and a few wisps of the same yellowish-hued hair straggled stringily down her thin temples."
Etymology
From stringy + -ly.