stringy

American  

[string-ee] / ˈstrɪŋ i /

adjective

stringier, stringiest

1. resembling a string or strings; consisting of strings or stringlike pieces.

   stringy weeds; a stringy fiber.

2. coarsely or toughly fibrous, as meat.

3. sinewy or wiry, as a person.

4. ropy, as a glutinous liquid.

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stringy British  

/ ˈstrɪŋɪ /

adjective

1. made of strings or resembling strings

2. (of meat, etc) fibrous

3. (of a person's build) wiry; sinewy

4. (of liquids) forming in strings

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Other Word Forms

• stringily adverb
• stringiness noun

Etymology

Origin of stringy

First recorded in 1660–70; string + -y ¹

Example Sentences

"They are currently called 'the stringy things' and 'the drummy things'," laughs Franglen.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Male chicks serve little purpose in this production cycle, because they can’t lay eggs and their flesh is deemed tough and stringy.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2024

Fiber is cellulose, the stringy stuff that plants are made of.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024

Just don't let it marinate for too long or it might get stringy or mushy.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2023

Magister Brangwain Spurge was tall, pale, and stringy.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin