wiry

wiry
    adj 1: lean and sinewy [syn: {stringy}, {wiry}]
    2: of or relating to wire
    3: of hair that resembles wire in stiffness; "wiry red hair"
    

Wiry \Wir"y\, a. [Written also wiery.]
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   1. Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
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   2. Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or
      constitution. "A little wiry sergeant of meek demeanor and
      strong sense." --Dickens.
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            He bore his age well, and seemed to retain a wiry
            vigor and alertness.                  --Hawthorne.
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55 Moby Thesaurus words for "wiry":
      able-bodied, athletic, brawny, broad-shouldered, burly, capillary,
      cartilaginous, chewy, cirrose, cirrous, cohesive, coriaceous,
      durable, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform, flossy,
      funicular, gossamery, gristly, hairlike, hairy, hard, hardy,
      lasting, leatherlike, leathery, ligamental, muscle-bound, muscular,
      resistant, ropy, silky, sinewy, stiff, stringy, strong, stubborn,
      taeniate, taeniform, tenacious, thewy, thickset, threadlike,
      thready, tough, tough as leather, untiring, vigorous, viscid,
      well-built, well-knit, well-set, well-set-up