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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Wiry \Wir"y\, a. [Written also wiery.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or
        constitution. ``A little wiry sergeant of meek demeanor
        and strong sense.'' --Dickens.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He bore his age well, and seemed to retain a wiry
              vigor and alertness.                  --Hawthorne.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Wiry \Wir"y\, a. [Written also wiery.]
     1. Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
  
     2. Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or
        constitution. ``A little wiry sergeant of meek demeanor
        and strong sense.'' --Dickens.
  
              He bore his age well, and seemed to retain a wiry
              vigor and alertness.                  --Hawthorne.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  wiry
       adj : lean and sinewy [syn: stringy]
       [also: wiriest, wirier]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  wiry
     Polish n.
     (inflection of pl wir  nom//acc//voc p)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  wiry
     a.
     thin, muscular and flexible.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  wiry
     Polish n.
     (inflection of pl wir  nom//acc//voc p)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  wiry
     Polish n.
     (inflection of pl wir  nom//acc//voc p)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  wiry
     Englanti a.
     1 jäykkä (karvasta)
     2 karhea (karvasta)
     3 jäntevä, jänteikäs

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Wiry /wˈaɪəɹi/
  سلكي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  wiry //ˈwaɪ(ə)ɹi// 
  жилав
  thin, muscular and flexible

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  wiry /wˈaɪəɹi/ 
  šlachovitý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  wiry /wˈaɪəɹi/
  drahtig, sehnig, stramm
           Note: Person, Tier, durchtrainiert  [anat.]
           Note: Person
     Synonyms: leanly built, lean, wiryly built, spare, sinewy
  
   see: a wirily built youngster

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  wiry /wˈaɪəɹi/
  drahtig 
           Note: Haare; Gras
           Note: hair; grass

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  wiry //ˈwaɪ(ə)ɹi// 
  jäntevä
  thin, muscular and flexible

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  wiry /wˈaɪəɹi/ 
  1. तार~जैसा{पतला~पर~तन्दुरुस्त
        "That wiry person walks fast."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  wiry /wˈaɪəɹi/
  1. drót-
  2. drótszerû
  3. szívós és izmos

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]


  wiry /ˈwaɪərɪ/ 
   1.  suchy, żylasty
   2.  sztywny

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]


  wiry //ˈwaɪ(ə)ɹi// 
  senig
  thin, muscular and flexible

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  wiry /wˈaɪəɹi/
  1. telden yapılmış
  2. tele benzer
  3. sırım gibi.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈwɪɹi/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "wiry":
     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

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  a. 金属线制的,铁丝似的,瘦长结实的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     a. 金属线制的,铁丝似的,瘦长结实的

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