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thready
/ ˈθɛɪ /
adjective
of, relating to, or resembling a thread or threads
med (of the pulse) barely perceptible; weak; fine
sounding thin, weak, or reedy
a thready tenor
Other 51Թ Forms
- threadiness noun
- ˈٳ徱Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Their narrow bodies and thready legs look like racers' shells and oars.
It’s harder to find original posts from regular people, unless your the Instagram connections you ported over happen to be a chatty — or thready — bunch.
Even from thirty feet away, Hazel could sense Annabeth’s life force waning, her pulse becoming thready.
It uses a lab-grown material made from a thready, branching fungus called mycelium, grown in California and sent to France to be tanned.
Similar to Sporothrix, Coccidioides has two forms, starting with a thready, fragile one that exists in soil and breaks apart when soil is disturbed.
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