Synonyms for wiry

Grammar : Adj

Spell : wahyuh r-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwaɪər i

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Définition of wiry

Origin : 1580s, "made of wire," from wire (n.) + -y (2). As "resembling wire," From 1590s; sense of "lean, tough" is first recorded 1808. Related: Wiriness.

adj thin and strong

Example sentences :

He is a man of a slim, but wiry figure, about five feet ten inches in height.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

She was a wiry woman, a mass of muscles animated by an eager energy.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

A wiry, sharp-faced man he was, with a birth-mark upon his temple.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Though still slight of build I was wiry, high-strung and quick of movement.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

Some were mounted; some led by the rein, wiry little bronchos.
Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge

This was Weaver speaking, a small, wiry man with a drooping moustache.
Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

She thought to avoid him, but he was as quick as a cat and as wiry and strong as a terrier.
Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

She was followed by a sheep-dog, small and wiry as a hill-fox.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

He was a little, wiry man with dark eyes, which had a snap in them.
Extract from : « The Greater Power » by Harold Bindloss

His hair was wiry and stood up from a forehead that might be called beetling.
Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower

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