ROPEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ropey mean? 

• ROPEY (adjective)
  The adjective ROPEY has 3 senses:

1. of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong

2. forming viscous or glutinous threads

3. (British informal) very poor in quality

  Familiarity information: ROPEY used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROPEY (adjective)

Comparative: ropeyer   
Superlative: ropeyest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

ropey; ropy

Pertainym:

rope (a strong line)

Derivation:

rope (a strong line)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Forming viscous or glutinous threads

Synonyms:

ropey; ropy; stringy; thready

Similar:

thick (relatively dense in consistency)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(British informal) very poor in quality

Synonyms:

ropey; ropy

Context example:

a ropey performance

Similar:

inferior (of low or inferior quality)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)