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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
able-bodied, athletic, brawny, broad-shouldered, burly, capillary, cartilaginous, chewy, cirrose, cirrous, cohesive, coriaceous, durable, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform, flossy, funicular, gossamery, gristly, hairlike, hairy, hard, hardy, lasting, leatherlike, leathery, ligamental, muscle-bound, muscular, resistant, ropy, silky, sinewy, stiff, stringy, strong, stubborn, taeniate, taeniform, tenacious, thewy, thickset, threadlike, thready, tough, tough as leather, untiring, vigorous, viscid, well-built, well-knit, well-set, well-set-up
Dictionary Results for wiry:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
wiry
    adj 1: lean and sinewy [syn: stringy, wiry]
    2: of or relating to wire
    3: of hair that resembles wire in stiffness; "wiry red hair"
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Wiry \Wir"y\, a. [Written also wiery.]
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   1. Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
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   2. Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or
      constitution. "A little wiry sergeant of meek demeanor and
      strong sense." --Dickens.
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            He bore his age well, and seemed to retain a wiry
            vigor and alertness.                  --Hawthorne.
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