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View definitions for ropy

ropy

adjective as in fibrous

adjective as in mucilaginous

adjective as in sticky

adjective as in stringy

adjective as in threadlike

adjective as in viscose

adjective as in viscous

adjective as in wiry

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Example Sentences

He was a short, lean man with a leathery face and long, black ropy hair, and beady black eyes that caught the light like a cat's.

Near the Guardian Rocks large masses of ropy lava are found which suggest ejected bombs.

Put a pint of clean sugar to a pint of juice, and boil it slowly, till it becomes ropy.

All I could see then was a bunch of black ropy arms tangled around what looked like, as Putz described it to you, an ostrich.

The wet shirt clinging close to his body outlined well-knit shoulders, ropy-muscled arms.

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On this page you'll find 249 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ropy, such as: hairy, coarse, fibroid, muscular, pulpy, and sinewy.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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