'Wiry' definitions:
Definition of 'wiry'
From: WordNet
adjective
Lean and sinewy [syn: stringy, wiry]
adjective
Of or relating to wire
adjective
Of hair that resembles wire in stiffness; "wiry red hair"
Definition of 'Wiry'
From: GCIDE
- Wiry \Wir"y\, a. [Written also wiery.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution. "A little wiry sergeant of meek demeanor and strong sense." --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- He bore his age well, and seemed to retain a wiry vigor and alertness. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wiry'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- able-bodied,
- athletic,
- brawny,
- broad-shouldered,
- burly,
- capillary,
- cartilaginous,
- chewy,
- cirrose,
- cirrous,
- cohesive,
- coriaceous,
- durable,
- fibered,
- fibroid,
- fibrous,
- flagelliform,
- flossy,
- funicular,
- gossamery,
- gristly,
- hairlike,
- hairy,
- hard,
- hardy,
- lasting,
- leatherlike,
- leathery,
- ligamental,
- muscle-bound,
- muscular,
- resistant,
- ropy,
- silky,
- sinewy,
- stiff,
- stringy,
- strong,
- stubborn,
- taeniate,
- taeniform,
- tenacious,
- thewy,
- thickset,
- threadlike,
- thready,
- tough,
- tough as leather,
- untiring,
- vigorous,
- viscid,
- well-built,
- well-knit,
- well-set,
- well-set-up