ropy
2
7.9
- adjective
- /ˈroʊpi/
- She'd already told him she didn't like it, but in the mornings, before he went to work, he would come up behind her and cradle her shoulders in his ropy arms.
- ropy hair
- ropy scar
- long, ropy
Examples
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Her arms were toned, with ropy muscles that showed her dedication to working out.
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The old rope had a ropy texture, making it difficult to hold tightly.
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Some were medieval, with straight, ropy hair and chiseled faces, sharp as an ax.
Fiction book (1995) -
"the ropy knots of cheese that gather to a chewy perfection...
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A look of disgust creeps across his features, settling finally into the ropy bulge of his lower lip.
Fiction book (1995) -
Bolinop put out a long, ropy love tentacle to touch the antenna of Rokey's skinsuit.
Fiction book (1998) -
It was a boy, with the exaggerated genitals of the neonate, and its long, ropy umbilical cord dragged down into the shadows beneath the trash.
Fiction book (2001) -
He trimmed the ropy vines that were taking over the garden.
Synonyms
11
3.3
Having long thin strands that stretch like melted cheese
11
7.9
Being thin and like a small string
1
8.2
Thin and long like a thread or hair
1
4.2
Very thin and long like a single hair
1
3.3
Long, twisted, and strong like a thick cord
1
9.3
Forming thick, sticky threads when moved or pulled
1
8.4
Having a wet, glue like feel that makes things stay on it
How Stringy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ropy comes from rope plus the ending -y, meaning 'like rope'. So it describes things that look or feel stringy or sticky, like melted cheese or overworked dough.