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thready

[ thred-ee ]

adjective

threadier, threadiest.
  1. consisting of or resembling a thread or threads; fibrous; filamentous.
  2. stringy or viscid, as a liquid.
  3. (of the pulse) thin and feeble.
  4. (of sound, the voice, etc.) lacking fullness; weak; feeble.


thready

/ ˈθɛɪ /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling a thread or threads
  2. med (of the pulse) barely perceptible; weak; fine
  3. sounding thin, weak, or reedy

    a thready tenor

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٳ𲹻徱Ա, noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of thready1

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; thread, -y 1
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Example Sentences

Their narrow bodies and thready legs look like racers' shells and oars.

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It’s harder to find original posts from regular people, unless your the Instagram connections you ported over happen to be a chatty — or thready — bunch.

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Even from thirty feet away, Hazel could sense Annabeth’s life force waning, her pulse becoming thready.

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It uses a lab-grown material made from a thready, branching fungus called mycelium, grown in California and sent to France to be tanned.

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Similar to Sporothrix, Coccidioides has two forms, starting with a thready, fragile one that exists in soil and breaks apart when soil is disturbed.

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