stringier; stringiest
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: capable of being drawn out to form a string : ropy
a stringy precipitate
stringiness
noun
Examples of stringy in a Sentence
a tough, stringy piece of meat
stringy hair that clearly needs a good washing
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Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
My Hair Is your hair too frizzy, too lank, too fine, too curly, too anemic, too stringy?
—Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 7 Aug. 2025
The same car described in public advisories as the suspect’s vehicle was parked in front of Lupita’s Beauty Salon & Barber Shop, where a lanky man with stringy blonde hair walked in and asked for a fade.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
My waves turned brittle, and a candid photo of the back of my head revealed stringy, lifeless ends.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 30 July 2025
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“Stringy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stringy. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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stringy
adjective
stringier; stringiest
: containing, consisting of, or resembling string
stringy cheese
stringy hair
stringiness
noun
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