Meaning of 'wiry' in Basque is: wiry


wiry: wiry

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Adjective(1) lean and sinewy,thin and strong(2) lean and sinewy(3) thin and strong

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(1) It parked, and a wiry , balding fellow of about forty got out and stood, hands on hips, observing the site he'd selected.(2) At sixty-seven, van Itallie is slight and wiry , with white hair and sharp blue eyes and a manner that is both brusque and warm.(3) He was incredibly short, fat and stocky, with a tuft of balding, wiry hair sticking straight up as if he'd just clambered out of bed.(4) He is wiry , bearded, a life-long mountaineer, skier and runner and one of Scotland's leading endurance riders.(5) His father shakes my hand with an unusually strong grip for a short, wiry man in his seventies.(6) He had long, wiry black hair, and a bristly goatee-beard-mustache combination around his lower face.(7) He had short, wiry brown hair, most of which was covered by the hat he wore.(8) The man was a little shorter than him with wiry black hair that was graying at his temples.(9) He stands up, revealing a pair of skimpy black briefs and the wiry body of somebody in their twenties: no fat, no sag, no wrinkles.(10) She was as wiry as a trimmed olive branch, and just as dark.(11) His dark eyes sparkled with life and amusement from the mass of black wiry hair that covered his face.(12) Suds from the soapy sponge he used to clean the floor clung to his sleeves and nestled in his wiry black hair.(13) Beneath the table his feet are doing their own private dance, while the wiry hair that crowns his angular, mercurial features is a buzz of static feedback.(14) Would I ever get to see his tall, wiry frame, blue eyes, dark hair, or friendly smile again?(15) Her brown eyes are intelligent and searching and her long wiry dark hair has been cut into a short pixie-style cut and dyed honey brown.(16) She settled into her bedroll and ran a slender hand through the mass of wiry black hair atop her head, pulling it back into a ponytail.
Synonyms
Adjective
1. sinewy
2. coarse
3. stringy


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

...but you have a certain wiry appeal.

...but you have a certain WIRY appeal.

The Big Bang Theory Season 3, Episode 6


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