Definition of thready Thready
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We found 7 definitions of thready from 4 different sources.
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What does thready mean?
WordNet
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| thready - thin in diameter; resembling a thread | ||
| filamentous, filiform, filamentlike, threadlike | ||
| thin lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare | ||
| thready - forming viscous or glutinous threads | ||
| ropy, ropey, stringy | ||
| thick abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- thready (Adjective)
Of, resembling of capable of forming a thread; filamentous. - thready (Adjective)
weak.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- thready (a.)
Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub. - thready (a.)
Containing, or consisting of, thread.
