sinewy

sinewy
    adj 1: (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
           [syn: {fibrous}, {sinewy}, {stringy}, {unchewable}]
    2: consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon [syn:
       {tendinous}, {sinewy}]
    3: (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged
       and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer";
       "powerful arms" [syn: {brawny}, {hefty}, {muscular},
       {powerful}, {sinewy}]
    

Sinewy \Sin"ew*y\, a.
   1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or
      sinews.
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            The sinewy thread my brain lets fall. --Donne.
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   2. Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous;
      vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax.
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            A man whose words . . . were so close and sinewy.
                                                  --Hare.
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69 Moby Thesaurus words for "sinewy":
      able-bodied, acid, athletic, biting, brawny, broad-shouldered,
      burly, cartilaginous, chewy, cohesive, coriaceous, corrosive,
      cutting, driving, durable, effective, fibrous, forceful, forcible,
      gristly, gutsy, hard, hardy, imperative, impressive, incisive,
      lasting, leatherlike, leathery, mighty, mordant, muscle-bound,
      muscular, nervous, penetrating, piercing, poignant, powerful,
      punchy, resistant, robust, ropy, sensational, sinewed, slashing,
      stiff, stout, strapping, striking, stringy, strong, stubborn,
      sturdy, telling, tenacious, thewy, thickset, tough,
      tough as leather, trenchant, untiring, vigorous, viscid, vital,
      well-built, well-knit, well-set, well-set-up, wiry