Akademik

sinewy

adjective

1. (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew (Freq. 2)

• Syn: ↑fibrous, ↑stringy, ↑unchewable

• Similar to: ↑tough

2. consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon

• Syn: ↑tendinous

• Pertains to noun: ↑sinew, ↑tendon (for: ↑tendinous)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑sinew, ↑tendon (for: ↑tendinous)

3. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful

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a hefty athlete

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a muscular boxer

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powerful arms

• Syn: ↑brawny, ↑hefty, ↑muscular, ↑powerful

• Similar to: ↑strong

• Derivationally related forms:

↑sinew, ↑muscle (for: ↑muscular), ↑muscularity (for: ↑muscular), ↑heft (for: ↑hefty), ↑heftiness (for: ↑hefty), ↑brawn (for: ↑brawny), ↑brawniness (for: ↑brawny)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.