[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]