wiry

[ wahyuh r-ee ]

/ ˈwaɪər i /

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adjective, wir·i·er, wir·i·est.

made of wire.

in the form of wire.

resembling wire, as in form, stiffness, etc.: wiry grass.

lean and sinew: a wiry little person.

produced by or resembling the sound of a vibrating wire: wiry tones.

Origin of wiry

First recorded in 1580–90; wire + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM wiry

wir·i·ly, adverb wir·i·ness, noun

Words nearby wiry

wirra, wirrah, wirral, wirsung's canal, wirtz, wiry, wiry pulse, wis, wis., wisbech, wisby

Example sentences from the Web for wiry

Wiry and more grey man than charismatic, Votel is known for his no-nonsense, rather closed demeanor.

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My prom date, Red, sported a wiry mustache and drove a black-and-gold Camaro.

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He was wiry, crisp, and clean and lean, his mind as sharp as ever.

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Models came down the runway in head pieces fashioned into twisted, wiry wigs in subtle winter colors.

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In the small living room where we last met, he seemed more gaunt than wiry, his ear bandaged after a biopsy.

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Every now and then the hard, wiry line slipped off the nippers and sawed across his smarting fingers or palms.

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Besides he had had some chocolate; he was thin and wiry, and a monk, and mental anxieties were unknown to him.

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If you had been a puny, wiry, yellow baby, I wouldn't have stood godmother to you.

Adam Bede |George Eliot
She put the baby into his wiry old arms—a very right move of hers.

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Mrs Marks herself did not age; she was one of those hard, wiry women that are capable of looking forty for twenty years.

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British Dictionary definitions for wiry

wiry

/ (ˈwaɪərɪ) /

adjective wirier or wiriest

(of people or animals) slender but strong in constitution

made of or resembling wire, esp in stiffness wiry hair

(of a sound) produced by or as if by a vibrating wire

Derived forms of wiry

wirily, adverb wiriness, noun

Medical definitions for wiry

wiry

[ wīr′ē ]

adj.

Resembling wire in form or quality, especially in stiffness.

Sinewy and lean.

Filiform and hard. Used of a pulse.

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wiry

adjective, wir·i·er, wir·i·est.

Origin of wiry

OTHER WORDS FROM wiry

Words nearby wiry

Example sentences from the Web for wiry

British Dictionary definitions for wiry

adjective wirier or wiriest

Derived forms of wiry

Medical definitions for wiry

adj.

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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wiry

adjective, wir·i·er, wir·i·est.

Origin of wiry

OTHER WORDS FROM wiry

Words nearby wiry

Words related to wiry

Example sentences from the Web for wiry

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adjective wirier or wiriest

Derived forms of wiry

Medical definitions for wiry

adj.

British Dictionary definitions for wiry