wiry
14
4.8
- adjective
- /ˈwɪri/
:
delgado y musculoso
- The doctor who had saved his life was a wiry man who resembled the character actor Allyn Joslyn.
- tall and wiry
I mean, they're kind of like sturdy and wiry, but they're not big tough animals like cows.
- I mean, they're kind of like sturdy and wiry, but they're not big tough animals like cows.
- But Can you imagine, like, someone who's like, fast, fast, like a wrestler, kind of short and like quick and wiry and strong Will.
- And you know, you get new guys, you get old guys, you get fucking wiry guys, you get big fucking guys.
Examples
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Even then, however, the wiry woman controlled her temper and slid gracefully from the cat.
Fiction book (1990) -
King Rayden was a thin, wiry man with fair hair and blue eyes that were never at rest.
Fiction book (1995) -
You see the short, wiry fellow in the corner?
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I'm thin, but I'm wiry.
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My arteries are squeaky clean and my muscles are wiry and strong.
Fiction book (1994) -
The military is headed by Carducci, a wiry and grizzled no-bullshit professional.
Fiction book (1996) -
We meet up with Donald Macaulay, a wiry man with a weather-beaten face and a lilting Lewis accent.
Academic text (2006) -
One of my co-workers was a fiftyish, wiry Latino man with a motormouth and an omnidirectional sense of humor.
Academic text (1999) -
The wiry athlete climbed the rock wall with surprising agility and strength.
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Despite his wiry frame, he was capable of lifting heavy weights at the gym.
Synonyms
108
2.5
Thin with little extra fat or money
5
7.0
Having strong, visible muscles and little fat
5
6.2
Thin and muscular with little fat
Antonyms
Compounds
How Muscular
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wiry comes from wire plus the ending -y, so it means 'like wire'. Think of a thin metal wire that is small but very strong, and you can see why a lean, tough person or animal is called 'wiry'.