THREADY (threadier, threadiest)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: threadier    , threadiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does thready mean? 

• THREADY (adjective)
  The adjective THREADY has 2 senses:

1. forming viscous or glutinous threads

2. thin in diameter; resembling a thread

  Familiarity information: THREADY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THREADY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Forming viscous or glutinous threads

Synonyms:

ropey; ropy; stringy; thready

Similar:

thick (relatively dense in consistency)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Thin in diameter; resembling a thread

Synonyms:

filamentlike; filamentous; filiform; threadlike; thready

Similar:

thin (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section)

Derivation:

thread (any long object resembling a thin line)

 Context examples 

“Absolute exhaustion—possibly mere hunger and fatigue,” said I, with my finger on the thready pulse, where the stream of life trickled thin and small.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His features were peaky and sallow, and his little pointed beard was thready and ill-nourished.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)