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The quality or state of being sinewy or wiry

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  • Adjective, : stringy weeds; a stringy fiber
  • The rest was spent trying to get a version that I could use of their data on the general ‘stringiness’ of this space.
  • Though many people have a hard time getting past the stringiness and distinctive smell of natto, once you do, it is really quite tasty and nutritious.
  • Charitably put, natto is fermented soybeans that have a sort of nutty flavor -- as well as a suspicious brown color, the stringiness of airplane glue and the musky odor...
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