stringily

stringily

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English string
English -y
English stringy
English -ly
English stringily

    From stringy + -ly.

    Adverb

    stringily (comparative more stringily, superlative most stringily)

    1. In a stringy way.
      • 1903, McClure's Magazine:
        Her complexion was of an unhealthy yellowish hue, and a few wisps of the same yellowish-hued hair straggled stringily down her thin temples.
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