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thready::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | filamentlike, filamentous, filiform, threadlike |
| Derivation | thread |
Examples of thready
thready
Her circulation is a thin trickle, her pulse a thready suggestion beneath Dr. Stein's hand.
From the toledoblade.com
No doubt it seeds, but seedlings are manageable in a way robbiae's thready suckers are not.
From the guardian.co.uk
Crab cakes are thready and bready, more croquette-ish than cake, though they rest in a creamy trio of lively sauces.
From the post-gazette.com
I found there two persons in a shock state, immobile, and who exhibited air hunger with a rapid thready pulse and cold, clammy skin.
From the theatlantic.com
A slightly built man with bloodshot eyes and a drooping, thready moustache ushers us into his home where his wife and daughters make us dinner.
From the dailymail.co.uk
But off the waifish 51-year-old dance-maker goes, arms winging abjectly behind her, singing in a thready, barely audible voice, and essaying little dance moves in her clumpy work boots.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Ropy: forming viscous or glutinous threads
- Filamentous: thin in diameter; resembling a thread
- A weak or feeble pulse.
