Thready

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, resembling, or capable of forming a thread; filamentous.

    "The roote is threddy, like the roote of the ſecond kinde of Scrophularia, and is euer[-]laſting, putting forth yearely new ſprings, as alſo doth the rootes of the other two Scrophularies."

  2. 2
    weak.

    "A pulse throbbed beneath her fingers, thready but present."

Adjective
  1. 1
    thin in diameter; resembling a thread wordnet
  2. 2
    forming viscous or glutinous threads wordnet

Synonyms

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capillarycirrosefibrousfilamentaryfilamentlikefilamentlike

Example

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"The roote is threddy, like the roote of the ſecond kinde of Scrophularia, and is euer[-]laſting, putting forth yearely new ſprings, as alſo doth the rootes of the other two Scrophularies."

Etymology

From Middle English *thredi, *thredy (suggested by derivative Middle English thredines, þredinez (“fibrousness, stringiness”, literally “threadiness”)), equivalent to thread + -y.

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