resembling a string or strings; consisting of strings or stringlike pieces

stringy weeds; a stringy fiber.

coarsely or toughly fibrous, as meat.

sinewy or wiry, as a person.

ropy, as a glutinous liquid.

adjective

fibrous , gangling , gristly , lank , lanky , muscular , reedy , ropy , sinewy , spindling , spindly , threadlike , tough , wiry , filamentous , gluey , gummy , long , slender , tenacious , viscid , viscous