sinewy
pronunciation
How to pronounce sinewy in British English:
UK [ˈsɪnju:i]
How to pronounce sinewy in American English:
US [ˈsɪnjui]
-
- Adjective:
- (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
- consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
- (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
Word Origin
- sinewy (adj.)
- late 14c., "made of sinews," from sinew + -y (2). As "tough, stringy" from 1570s.
Example
- 1. The man has sinewy muscles .
- 2. You are too greater than ever sinewy muscle dimension .
- 3. His long sinewy feet were more liberated than beshod in his brown mexican sandals .
- 4. The extra sinewy muscles you boast the advanced your basal metabolic rank ( bmr ) .
- 5. Its original meaning is " possessing nerve ; sinewy ; strong ; vigorous . "