Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Sinewy; brawny; muscular.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy; strong.

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  • adjective Muscular; brawny.

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Examples

  • If this were a penny dreadful about thewy barbarian swordsmen rescuing exotic princesses from slavering cannibal hordes instead of an essay about ex-Protestant Catholic converts, I'm sure I'd be reading it late into the night and singing its praises on the blog.

    Now That's Steamy 2009

  • If this were a penny dreadful about thewy barbarian swordsmen rescuing exotic princesses from slavering cannibal hordes instead of an essay about ex-Protestant Catholic converts, I'm sure I'd be reading it late into the night and singing its praises on the blog.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • It is because thewy are totally unrealistic and ally themselves with the right in politics whether or not they are living in the real world.

    Beyond the Palin 2008

  • I mean changing the culture, not thinking like a radio network anymore so thewy can see the options the internet opens up to work in every appropriate medium with entirely new kinds of content, from TV to data bases.

    National Public What? « BuzzMachine 2008

  • Most Jews not the Chasids or the Ultra-Orthordox - not amajority of Jews at allunderstand that the Torah was written by Rabbis during the Diaspora in Babylon as a way to retain their religion when thewy were no longer able to practice their sacrificial worship in the Temple.

    A Bit of GOOD News ... Steve Hulett 2008

  • Pelosi and Boxer want you to believe thewy are all for the people.

    "Pelosi Jet Size Envy" Leads Right Wingers to Get Egg On Faces 2007

  • But it is also clear that thewy do not have enough respect for Bourne to keep quiet and unite behind his strategy.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • His body was trained by war, hunting and rough games, and although her vision was distorted by pain, tears and terror, she had an impression of wide shoulders and bulging muscle, limbs thick and thewy as the branches of a cedar of Lebanon.

    Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001

  • There were burly, weather-beaten faces under powder and curls; broad, hard hands in kid gloves; thewy, red elbows that had plied brooms, shuttles, cards, in lace ruffles; there were bright eyes, smiling faces and many pleasant words.

    Margaret 1851

  • Las Vegas is a town built on the mythology of fortunes lost and gained in a night; that's the dream that draws in the farting tourists, thewy dancers, and celebrity chefs.

    Gizmodo Joel Johnson 2011

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