sinewy
11sinewy — sin|ew|y [ˈsınju:i] adj a sinewy person has a thin body and strong muscles ▪ a big man with long, sinewy arms …
12sinewy — adjective a) Tough; having strong sinews. Hawat put a sinewy finger beside his eye. b) Having or showing nervous strength …
13sinewy — sin|ew|y [ sınjui ] adjective someone who has a sinewy body is thin and strong …
14sinewy — adjective having strong muscles: a big man with long, sinewy arms …
15sinewy — adjective he was tall, blond, and sinewy Syn: muscular, muscly, brawny, powerfully built, burly, strapping, sturdy, rugged, strong, powerful, athletic, muscle bound, hard bodied; informal hunky, beefy; dated stalwart; literary thewy Ant: puny …
16sinewy — UK [ˈsɪnjuːɪ] / US [ˈsɪnjuɪ] adjective someone who has a sinewy body is thin and strong …
17sinewy — sinew ► NOUN 1) a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone; a tendon or ligament. 2) (sinews) the parts of a structure or system that give it strength or bind it together. DERIVATIVES sinewy adjective. ORIGIN Old English …
18sinewy — Synonyms and related words: able bodied, acid, athletic, biting, brawny, broad shouldered, burly, cartilaginous, chewy, cohesive, coriaceous, corrosive, cutting, driving, durable, effective, fibrous, forceful, forcible, gristly, gutsy, hard,… …
19sinewy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fibrous, wiry, stringy; strong, well knit. See strength. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Strong] Syn. powerful, forceful, acute; see strong 2 . 2. [Stringy] Syn. elastic, threadlike, ropy; see flexible 1 …
20sinewy — sin·ew·y || sɪnjuËɪ adj. full of sinews, tough, stringy; strong, vigorous, muscular …
