ropey
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- adjective
- /ˈroʊpi/
- UK
:
fibroso
- The artist used thin brushes to create fine ropey lines in the painting.
- ropey muscles
- ropey arms
Examples
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Its three heads, on the three ropey strands of muscled neck, remained nearly vertical, though the bulbous body, with its two eagle-like legs and its barbed tail, hung over the sides of the leather chaise.
Fiction book (2001) -
The athlete's ropey arms showed the signs of hard training and dedication.
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I was just thinking how his body had the ropey muscles that come.
Fiction book (1994) -
Black, ropey hair hung over half its face and stuck out from behind its ears.
Fiction book (1992) -
He's wearing a blue tank top that makes his ropey arms look too long for his body.
Fiction book (1994) -
I get a pair of pliers and some coat Anger and I gather them together in some kind of ropey path.
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"He guffawed, thrusting his ropey brown neck up like a wolf howling.
Fiction book (1997) -
When Erma received it, she saw Kethy slouched in his seat, as if hiding; his ropey-muscled forearms lifted to shield his face.
Fiction book (2001) -
Then I glance at the good-looking guy and the mitt he throws my way—a big thing with bulging, ropey veins.
Fiction book (1998) -
The old tree had ropey roots that twisted along the ground and spread wide.
Synonyms
How Thick
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ropey comes from rope plus the ending -y, which makes it mean 'like rope'. So calling something ropey suggests it looks or feels long, thick, and strong, just as a rope does.