Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a ropy or viscous manner; so as to be capable of being drawn out like a rope.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a ropy manner; in a viscous or glutinous manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
ropy manner.
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Examples
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Rax's lower left tentacle groped ropily in a pouch and stretched forth holding a bill.
A Circus of Hells Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1969
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The parting of the Red Sea, for instance, is pretty ropily handled: we do not share the Israelite ‘awe’ at ‘a wind that seemed, oh God, to be parting the waters/As a comb parts hair’ 81 that’s right: as a comb parts hair.
Anthony Burgess, Moses (1976) Adam Roberts 2010
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The parting of the Red Sea, for instance, is pretty ropily handled: we do not share the Israelite ‘awe’ at ‘a wind that seemed, oh God, to be parting the waters/As a comb parts hair’ 81 that’s right: as a comb parts hair.
Archive 2010-06-01 Adam Roberts 2010
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