wiryadjective
uk/ˈwaɪə.ri/us/ˈwaɪr.i/(of people and animals) thin but strong, and often able to bend easily:
He has a runner's wiry frame.
Wiry hair is strong, thick, and rough to touch.
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Animal physiology: thin or slender (of people)
- anorexic
- bag of bones
- be skin and bone(s) idiom
- elfin
- emaciated
- hatchet-faced
- lissome
- lithe
- pinched
- rangy
- scrawny
- skinny
- slenderize
- slight
- spare
- spindly
- sylphlike
- trim
- underweight
- waif-like
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