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Definition of Sinewy
1. Adjective. (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew.
2. Adjective. Consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon.
3. Adjective. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful. "Powerful arms"
Similar to: Strong
Derivative terms: Brawn, Brawniness, Heft, Heftiness, Muscle, Muscularity, Sinew
Definition of Sinewy
1. a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews.
Definition of Sinewy
1. Adjective. Tough; having strong sinews. ¹
2. Adjective. (figuratively) Having or showing nervous strength. ¹
3. Adjective. (context: of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sinewy
1. lean and muscular [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinewy
Literary usage of Sinewy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"his fluency injured a style that was by nature 'masculine and sinewy' (cf.
PHILIP KIM.'s Surf rit,1606; ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... And his son's stirrup shines the badge of Though placed where still the
Conqueror's His sinewy throat seems by convulsion loath, Sounds of dire import ..."
3. The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788 by Hugh Blair Grigsby (1890)
"... the wide expanded chest; the long and sinewy limbs terminating in those small
and delicate hands that rested on his breast, and in those small feet that ..."
4. The Cultivator: A Monthly Publication, Devoted to Agriculture by New York State Agricultural Society (1852)
"... and close jointed, sinewy limbs. The chief defect in his shape is a hollow
over his loins, which is shown by the furure The figure, however, ..."
5. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1852)
"... as is indicated by his capacity of chest, muscular quarters and close jointed,
sinewy limbs. The chief defect in his shape is a hollow over his loins, ..."
6. The Village: Russian Impressions by Ernest Poole (1918)
"... but in spite of my efforts to listen to him, he kept melting away into thin
air; and in his place there appeared in this room an uncouth figure, sinewy, ..."
7. The Journals of Washington Irving (hitherto Unpublished) by Washington Irving (1919)
"People of these mountains appear small but well built, sinewy — lively eyes —
Basque women handsome — men with a kind of striped stockings and sandals ..."
8. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers (1853)
"Until the noble deer, through toil bereav'd of strength, His long and sinewy legs
then failing him at length, The villages attempts, enraged, not giving way ..."
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