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1. sinewy

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Usually means: Strong, lean, and muscular build.
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  1. sinewy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sinewy: Merriam-Webster
  3. sinewy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sinewy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sinewy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sinewy: Vocabulary.com
  7. sinewy: Wordnik
  8. sinewy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sinewy: Wiktionary
  10. sinewy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sinewy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sinewy: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. sinewy: Dictionary.com
  14. sinewy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Sinewy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. sinewy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. sinewy: Rhymezone
  18. Sinewy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. sinewy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. sinewy: FreeDictionary.org
  21. sinewy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. sinewy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sinewy: Legal dictionary

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  1. sinewy: Encyclopedia

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  1. sinewy: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Tough; having strong sinews.
▸ adjective:  (figuratively) Having or showing nervous strength.
▸ adjective:  (of a person or animal) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.

Similar:
tough, stringy, tendinous, fibrous, unchewable, sinewed, sinewous, nervous, insinewed, sinew-shrunk, more...

Opposite:
flabby, weak, soft, limp, untoned

Types:
stringy, tough, fibrous, chewy, gristly, more...

Phrases:
lean and sinewy, most sinewy, thin and sinewy, more...

Colors:
    charcoal,     slate gray,     olive green,     forest green,     deep brown, more...

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Similar:
tough, stringy, tendinous, fibrous, unchewable, sinewed, sinewous, nervous, insinewed, sinew-shrunk, more...

Opposite:
flabby, weak, soft, limp, untoned

Types:
stringy, tough, fibrous, chewy, gristly, more...

Phrases:
lean and sinewy, most sinewy, thin and sinewy, more...

Colors:
    charcoal,     slate gray,     olive green,     forest green,     deep brown, more...



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