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thready
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective thready has 2 senses
- thready(s = adj.all) ropey, ropy, stringy - forming viscous or glutinous threads; Array
- thready(s = adj.all) filamentlike, filamentous, filiform, threadlike - thin in diameter; resembling a thread; Array Derived form noun thread2
CIDE DICTIONARY
thready, a.
- Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub. [1913 Webster]
- Containing, or consisting of, thread. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
thready, adj. (threadier, threadiest)
1 of or like a thread.
2 (of a person's pulse) scarcely perceptible.
1 of or like a thread.
2 (of a person's pulse) scarcely perceptible.
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