stringily

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

stringy +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

stringily (comparative more stringily, superlative most stringily)

  1. In a stringy way.
    • 1903, McClure's Magazine:
      Her complexion was of an unhealthy yellowish hue, and a few wisps of the same yellowish-hued hair straggled stringily down her thin temples.