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Webster 1913 Edition


Stringy

String′y

,
Adj.
1.
Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous;
as, a
stringy
root
.
2.
Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely.
Stringy bark
(Bot.)
,
a name given in Australia to several trees of the genus
Eucalyptus
(as
Eucalyptus amygdalina
,
Eucalyptus obliqua
,
Eucalyptus capitellata
,
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha
,
Eucalyptus piperita
,
Eucalyptus pilularis
, and
Eucalyptus tetradonta
), which have a fibrous bark used by the aborigines for making cordage and cloth.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stringy

STRINGY

,
Adj.
1.
Consisting of strings or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as a stringy root.
2.
Ropy; viscid; gluey; that may be drawn into a thread.

Definition 2024


stringy

stringy

English

Adjective

stringy (comparative stringier, superlative stringiest)

  1. Comprised of, or resembling, string or strings.
    The meat was quite stringy.
  2. (of a person) Wiry, lean, scrawny.
  3. (programming, informal) Resembling or involving text strings.
    • 2011, Randal L. Schwartz, ‎brian d foy, ‎Tom Phoenix, Learning Perl (page 56)
      The context refers to how you use an expression. You've actually already seen some contextual operations with numbers and strings. When you do numbery sorts of things, you get numeric results. When you do stringy sorts of things, you get string results.

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