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sinewy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sinewy \Sin"ew*y\, a. 1. Pertaining to consisting of or resembling, a sinew or sinews. The sinewy thread my brain lets fall. --Donne. 2. Well braced with or as if with sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as the sinewy Ajax. A man whose words . . . were so close and sinewy. --Hare. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sinewy adj 1: full of sinews; especially impossible to chew [syn: {fibrous}, {stringy}, {unchewable}] 2: consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon [syn: {tendinous}]
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