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  • adjective comparative form of ropy: more ropy

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Examples

  • The bread tasted fine but was 'ropier' to work with.

    Vigilante Sports 2009

  • The bread tasted fine but was 'ropier' to work with.

    Brajeshwar 2009

  • Overall, especially in the first half, the exercise feels like an excuse to show off some excellent CGI and some rather ropier effects as well, including one terrible shot that makes Caprica look like it's about three miles across but mainly to fill in some plot holes only obsessive nitpicking fans worry about.

    Archive 2009-10-01 Adam Whitehead 2009

  • Overall, especially in the first half, the exercise feels like an excuse to show off some excellent CGI and some rather ropier effects as well, including one terrible shot that makes Caprica look like it's about three miles across but mainly to fill in some plot holes only obsessive nitpicking fans worry about.

    Battlestar Galactica: The Plan Adam Whitehead 2009

  • Many investors regard the Fed's intervention as either a sign of panic or a sign that the balance sheets of banks were much ropier than even the most pessimistic bear had imagined.

    David McWilliams: The Most Dramatically Tragic Week 2008

  • Despite being a 42-year-old sci-fi show that keeps looking ropier each time it's viewed, Star Trek is still in ridiculously strong demand.

    No New Star Trek Role For Pissy William Shatner 2007

  • Wait till next time one of the ropier southern or eastern memebers so mismanages its economy that the Euro is threatened.

    We Pay for Belgian Uncompetitiveness? Serf 2006

  • And all the while the water becomes a thicker and more turbid green; the wake looks more and more ochreous, the foam ropier and yellower.

    Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877

  • Mr Cameron's judgment in hiring Mr Coulson after his tabloid escapades now looks ropier than ever see Bagehot.

    The Economist: Daily news and views 2011

  • Mr Cameron's judgment in hiring Mr Coulson after his tabloid escapades now looks ropier than ever see Bagehot.

    The Economist: Daily news and views 2011

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