cardboardy

adjective

Definition of cardboardynext
as in fibrous

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  1. fibrous
  2. stringy
  3. leathery
  4. sinewy
Adjective
  • In the rare occurrence of distress, it might be caused by an intestinal blockage due to consuming the large, fibrous leaves.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2024
  • In 2024, all the best independent horror games are rooted in the original PlayStation’s fibrous, lo-fi textures and long-nosed polygons.
    Ashley Bardhan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of fibrous
Adjective
  • In this case: a stringy slot corner who never had been credited for a sack in his college career.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Certain digestive disorders can lead to soft, stringy stool.
    Cristina Mutchler, Health, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of stringy
Adjective
  • The earliest figures, naked and missing limbs, some suffering gouges or pocked with what look like the holes of beetle larvae, bring to mind eerie tales of automata or the leathery agonies of bog bodies.
    Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Making her first appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, the up-and-comer chose a leathery dress made of dark maroon panels that left a cutout pattern along the side.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 Jan. 2023
Definition of leathery
Adjective
  • Nicknamed the Blood Wyrm for his color, sinewy build, and taste for violence, Caraxes is significantly younger and smaller than his counterpart.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 July 2024
  • As tourists stumble by with tall cans of Bud Light Lime and cigarettes in hand, Sell’s tattooed, sinewy limbs stretch a matching Lacoste tee and shorts, with the requisite crocodile emblems and matching bright-red shoes.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of sinewy
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