sinewy

Speech parts

1. sinewy - Adjective

2. sinewy - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews.

Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

brawny powerful muscular fibrous hefty stringy tendinous unchewable hardy husky strong hard solid fit firm
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Antonyms

dizzy brawny chubby buxom weak beautiful
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Anagrams

Swiney winsey

Examples

Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For we cannot tarry here, We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger, We, the youthful sinewy races, all the rest on us depend, Pioneers! O pioneers! Walt Whitman

a hefty athlete Source: Internet

a muscular boxer Source: Internet

powerful arms Source: Internet

Clad in a silver suit that’s enhanced by cutting-edge circa-2007 special effects, Jones embodies the sinewy, liquid-y humanoid with all the limber grace you’d expect. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sinewlessness sinewous sinews of war Sinfin Sinfong sinfonia