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View synonyms for ropy

ropy

[ roh-pee ]

adjective

, rop·i·er, rop·i·est.
  1. resembling a rope or ropes:

    ropy muscles.

  2. forming viscid or glutinous threads, as a liquid.


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Other Words From

  • ropi·ly adverb
  • ropi·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ropy1

First recorded in 1470–80; rope + -y 1
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Example Sentences

He was a short, lean man with a leathery face and long, black ropy hair, and beady black eyes that caught the light like a cat's.

Near the Guardian Rocks large masses of ropy lava are found which suggest ejected bombs.

Put a pint of clean sugar to a pint of juice, and boil it slowly, till it becomes ropy.

All I could see then was a bunch of black ropy arms tangled around what looked like, as Putz described it to you, an ostrich.

The wet shirt clinging close to his body outlined well-knit shoulders, ropy-muscled arms.

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