wiry

From wire + -y.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪ(ə)ɹi/

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• Rhymes: -aɪəɹi

wiry (comparative wirier, superlative wiriest)

1. Resembling wire.

   My hair was very wiry in my teens.

2. Thin, muscular and flexible.

   Don't fight him. He may be small, but he's wiry.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.rɘ/
• Rhymes: -irɘ
• Syllabification: wi‧ry

wiry

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of wir