as in fibrous
resembling or having the texture of a mass of strings stringy hair that clearly needs a good washing

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“Stringy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stringy. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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