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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. forming viscous or glutinous threads;
[syn: ropy, ropey, stringy, thready]

2. thin in diameter; resembling a thread;
[syn: filamentous, filiform, filamentlike, threadlike, thready]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Thready \Thread"y\, a. 1. Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub. [1913 Webster] 2. Containing, or consisting of, thread. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

thready adj 1: forming viscous or glutinous threads [syn: ropy, ropey, stringy, thready] 2: thin in diameter; resembling a thread [syn: filamentous, filiform, filamentlike, threadlike, thready]