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Thready   Listen
adjective
Thready  adj.  
1.
Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub.
2.
Containing, or consisting of, thread.





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"Thready" Quotes from Famous Books



... spear was thrown at close quarters straight for the captain's neck, but one of the men deftly twitched it off, a feat that so enraged the warriors that they made him their special target, until at last one of their spears pierced his hand. Being rough and thready, the black palm-point made an ugly wound; but the resolute man drew it out, and, breaking the spear in twain, threw it into the boat, and as he did so, another grazed his abdomen. While he was thus defending himself ...
— Tropic Days • E. J. Banfield


Words linked to "Thready" :   thin, threadlike, filamentlike, filamentous, ropey, stringy


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