wiriness (noun)

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• wiriness — noun see wiry …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• wiriness — noun The state of being wiry …   Wiktionary

• wiriness — noun the property of being lean and tough and sinewy • Derivationally related forms: ↑wiry • Hypernyms: ↑leanness, ↑thinness, ↑spareness …   Useful english dictionary

• wiry — /ˈwaɪəri / (say wuyuhree) adjective (wirier, wiriest) 1. made of wire. 2. in the form of wire. 3. resembling wire, as in form, stiffness, etc.: wiry grass. 4. lean and sinewy. 5. produced by or resembling the sound of a vibrating wire: wiry tones …  

• wiry — adjective (wirier; est) Date: 1588 1. a. archaic made of wire b. resembling wire especially in form and flexibility < the wiry coat of the Irish terrier > < wiry stems > c. of sound produced by or suggestive of the vib …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• wiry — adjective (wirier, wiriest) 1》 resembling wire in form and texture. 2》 lean, tough, and sinewy. Derivatives wirily adverb wiriness noun …   English new terms dictionary

• wiry — adjective 1 someone who is wiry is thin but has strong muscles 2 hair that is wiry is stiff and curly wiriness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• leanness — noun 1. the quality of being meager an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes George Eliot • Syn: ↑meagerness, ↑meagreness, ↑poorness, ↑scantiness, ↑scantness, ↑exiguity • D …   Useful english dictionary

• spareness — noun 1. the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness • Syn: ↑sparseness, ↑sparsity, ↑thinness • Derivationally related forms: ↑thin (for: ↑thinness), ↑sparse …   Useful english dictionary

• thinness — noun 1. relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width (Freq. 1) the tenuity of a hair the thinness of a rope • Syn: ↑tenuity, ↑slenderness • Ant: ↑thickness …   Useful english dictionary