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  • 11ropy — Synonyms and related words: adhesive, amylaceous, below par, capillary, cartilaginous, chewy, cirrose, cirrous, clabbered, clammy, clotted, coagulated, cohesive, coriaceous, curdled, deficient, doughy, durable, fibered, fibroid, fibrous,… …

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  • 12ropy — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. geLatinous, glutinous, stringy; see adhesive , fibrous …

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  • 13ropy — rop·y || rəʊpɪ adj. resembling or behaving like a rope; becoming thread like and sticky (of liquids which become thick and sticky, also spelled ropey) …

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  • 14ropy — (also ropey) adjective (ropier, ropiest) 1》 resembling a rope. 2》 Brit. informal poor in quality or health. Derivatives ropily adverb ropiness noun …

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  • 15ropy — a. Viscous, viscid, glutinous, tenacious, stringy, adhesive …

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  • 16ropy — adj 1. viscid, viscous, mucilaginous, glutinous, gelatinous, mucous, oozy, tacky, sticky, thick, gummy; stringy, thready, threadlike, fibrous, filamentous, filamentary, filar, filiform, fibrillose. 2. tough, wiry, sinewy, leathery, strapping …

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  • 17ropy — [ˈrəʊpi] adj informal not very good …

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  • 18ropy — /ˈroʊpi/ (say rohpee) adjective (ropier, ropiest) 1. resembling a rope or ropes. 2. forming viscid or glutinous threads, as a liquid. 3. Colloquial inferior; unreliable. Also, ropey. {rop(e) + y1} –ropiness, noun …

  • 19ropy — adj. (also ropey) (ropier, ropiest) 1 Brit. colloq. poor in quality. 2 (of wine, bread, etc.) forming viscous or gelatinous threads. 3 like a rope. Derivatives: ropily adv. ropiness n …

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  • 20ropy brine — a defect in brine where the sugar content has been converted to a polysaccharide giving a slimy, stringy consistency …

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