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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Of or relating to wire.
  2. adj. Resembling wire in form or quality, especially in stiffness: wiry red hair.
  3. adj. Sinewy and lean: He had a wiry build.
  4. adj. Produced by or as if by wire being vibrated. Used of sounds: a wiry tone.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Made of wire; in the form of wire.
  2. Resembling wire; especially, tough and flexible; of persons, lean and sinewy.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Thin, muscular and flexible.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
  2. adj. Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. of hair that resembles wire in stiffness
  2. adj. lean and sinewy
  3. adj. of or relating to wire

Examples

  • “The guy was medium height, not young, not old, too solid to be called wiry, too slight to be called heavy.”

    The Hard Way

  • “Her figure was one of the few that may correctly be termed wiry, but it was perfect.”

    Observations of a Retired Veteran

  • “While stars such as Barry Hall have been ever-present in the powerful Swans teams that have featured in finals in the past six seasons, it was significant that the coach once labelled the wiry Irishman as the club's "most important player".”

    AFL Latest News and Broadband

  • “When he had last seen the Archmage before that time before he had gone into training in the Way of the Sasenna -- the old man had had a kind of wiry strength for all his age.”

    The Silent Tower

  • “Jackie has a kind of wiry build to him so he's bringing a certain energy that I've always thought was appropriate for Freddy, just in his own physicality.”

    MovieWeb: News

  • “Anytime it snows, the mountain guys get kind of wiry and the energy picks up.”

    Vail Daily - Top Stories

  • “At Christmas, I jumped back several feet upon sighting his latest purchase displayed on the kitchen counter: An entire leg of acorn-fed Iberian ham—complete with a black hoof and wiry hairs springing off the ankle.”

    The Wall Street Journal: A Fish Tale

  • “Manny, old wiry old punk turned entrepreneur, came in late and left early.”

    Fictionaut: Donkey Dick

  • “Today, a grinning biker by the name of Pat Day does, along with his constant companion, a wiry Jack Russell Terrier he calls“Panhead.””

    Fictionaut: Hometown News: The Ballad of Ray and Rose

  • “Few record-holders embody the spirit of perseverance that marks Vietnam as the wiry Mr. Thiem does.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Pursuit of Dizzying Feats Is One for Vietnam's Record Book

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