Adjective, : wiry grass. ,a wiry little person. ,wiry tones. From Dictionary.com.
Otherwise, his inborn wiriness can feed upon itself until it is uncontrollable. From Wordnik.com. [You’re a Better Parent Than You Think!] Reference
The door closed upon their elasticity but the basic wiriness of hundreds of them clogged the door at the end. From Wordnik.com. [Fantastic Voyage]
He was slender and lacked the overt muscular toughness displayed by Ustal or even the wiriness of some armsmen. From Wordnik.com. [Darksong Rising]
The hand I held was much larger than Frank's, and my fingers brushed the wiriness of coarse hairs on the wrist. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
He bent his back against the pressure of that wiriness and managed to turn the wheel that locked the door in place. From Wordnik.com. [Fantastic Voyage]
He kept old sailor skills, such as carrying loads carefully, and while his body wasn't that of any Hercules, its wiriness had never flagged. From Wordnik.com. [The Boat of a Million Years]
But his natural wiriness had become somewhat more pronounced, and the sea-tan on his cheeks prepared one for a robuster kind of speech from him than formerly. From Wordnik.com. [Thyrza] Reference
Nelson, and Roberts show that wiriness is more essential to a commander than animal strength, and that mind rather than muscle determines the course of campaigns. From Wordnik.com. [The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)] Reference
Manet -- the precepts of Manet taught him to sweeten the wiriness of his modelling and modify his tendency to a certain hardness -- was willing to trust to time for the verdict of his rare art. From Wordnik.com. [Promenades of an Impressionist] Reference
Nor was he at all sorry; for although he had now been accustomed for several months to be on his feet all day long, day after day, and up to that moment had regarded himself as in the very pink of condition as to toughness and wiriness, the past day's journey had been a revelation to him in the matter of endurance. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru] Reference
Aphrodite victorious: deviated we? salad wiriness. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Questioning:] Reference
I want to touch the hair, the wiriness of it. From Wordnik.com. [Wheelchair Dancer] Reference
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