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[ wahyuhr-ee ] / ˈwaɪər i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wiry ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, wir·i·er, wir·i·est.made of wire. in the form of wire. resembling wire, as in form, stiffness, etc.: wiry grass. lean and sinew: a wiry little person. produced by or resembling the sound of a vibrating wire: wiry tones. Origin of wiryFirst recorded in 1580–90; wire + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM wirywir·i·ly, adverbwir·i·ness, nounWords nearby wirywirra, wirrah, Wirral, Wirsung's canal, Wirtz, wiry, wiry pulse, wis, Wisbech, Wisby, WISC Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wiryWiry and more grey man than charismatic, Votel is known for his no-nonsense, rather closed demeanor. Special Ops Commander Swears: I Won't Be Hillary's VP|Kimberly Dozier|August 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST My prom date, Red, sported a wiry mustache and drove a black-and-gold Camaro. Let Us Now Praise Famous Rednecks and Their Unjustly Unsung Kin|Allison Glock|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST He was wiry, crisp, and clean and lean, his mind as sharp as ever. The Night Vince Lombardi Lay Awake Brooding Over a 49-0 Win|W.C. Heinz|January 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Models came down the runway in head pieces fashioned into twisted, wiry wigs in subtle winter colors. Comme Des Garçon's "Infinity of Tailoring"|Liza Foreman|March 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In the small living room where we last met, he seemed more gaunt than wiry, his ear bandaged after a biopsy. A Friend’s Tribute to Ambassador Chris Stevens: The Diplomatic Indiana Jones|Roya Hakakian|September 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST Every now and then the hard, wiry line slipped off the nippers and sawed across his smarting fingers or palms. Jim Spurling, Fisherman|Albert Walter Tolman Besides he had had some chocolate; he was thin and wiry, and a monk, and mental anxieties were unknown to him. The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt If you had been a puny, wiry, yellow baby, I wouldn't have stood godmother to you. She put the baby into his wiry old arms—a very right move of hers. Little Novels of Italy|Maurice Henry Hewlett Mrs Marks herself did not age; she was one of those hard, wiry women that are capable of looking forty for twenty years. Here and Hereafter|Barry Pain
British Dictionary definitions for wiry
adjective wirier or wiriest(of people or animals) slender but strong in constitution made of or resembling wire, esp in stiffnesswiry hair (of a sound) produced by or as if by a vibrating wire Derived forms of wirywirily, adverbwiriness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to wirysinewy, supple, limber, athletic, agile, muscular, strapping, bristly, fibrous, lean, light, stiff, stringy, tough, ropy Medical definitions for wiry
adj.Resembling wire in form or quality, especially in stiffness. Sinewy and lean. Filiform and hard. Used of a pulse. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |