Her head was surmounted by a huge white chiffon hat, bedecked with three long but rather stringy ostrich feathers.
Source: tatoeba (7917425)
Stringy
//ˈstɹɪŋi//
Synonyms for "stringy" (104 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
10 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- жилест adj (resembling strings)
Czech
1 entries- vláknitý adj (resembling strings)
French
1 entries- filandreux adj (resembling strings)
Irish
1 entries- sreangach adj (resembling strings)
Italian
1 entries- fibroso adj (resembling strings)
Russian
1 entries- волокнистый adj (resembling strings)
Spanish
3 entries- estoposo adj (resembling strings)
- hebroso adj (resembling strings)
- paludo adj (resembling strings)
Welsh
1 entries- llinynllyd adj (resembling strings)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Tom is such a picky eater that he'll diligently pick the stringy pith from an orange before eating it.
Source: tatoeba (10599268)
It was tender on the outside and gave the promise of food, but its inside was hard and stringy, and, like the berries, it had no food value.
Source: tatoeba (11734057)
The meat was quite stringy.
Source: wiktionary
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