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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
sinewy
    adj 1: (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
           [syn: fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable]
    2: consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon [syn:
       tendinous, sinewy]
    3: (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged
       and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer";
       "powerful arms" [syn: brawny, hefty, muscular,
       powerful, sinewy]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sinewy \Sin"ew*y\, a.
   1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or
      sinews.
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            The sinewy thread my brain lets fall. --Donne.
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   2. Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous;
      vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax.
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            A man whose words . . . were so close and sinewy.
                                                  --Hare.
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Thesaurus Results for sinewy:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
able-bodied, acid, athletic, biting, brawny, broad-shouldered, burly, cartilaginous, chewy, cohesive, coriaceous, corrosive, cutting, driving, durable, effective, fibrous, forceful, forcible, gristly, gutsy, hard, hardy, imperative, impressive, incisive, lasting, leatherlike, leathery, mighty, mordant, muscle-bound, muscular, nervous, penetrating, piercing, poignant, powerful, punchy, resistant, robust, ropy, sensational, sinewed, slashing, stiff, stout, strapping, striking, stringy, strong, stubborn, sturdy, telling, tenacious, thewy, thickset, tough, tough as leather, trenchant, untiring, vigorous, viscid, vital, well-built, well-knit, well-set, well-set-up, wiry
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