1. (adjective) lean and sinewy

• wiry

2. (adjective) (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew

• fibrous
• sinewy
• unchewable

3. (adjective) forming viscous or glutinous threads

• ropey
• ropy
• thready

1. (adjective) lean and sinewy

• lean
• thin

2. (adjective) (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew

• tough

3. (adjective) forming viscous or glutinous threads

• thick

4. (adjective) consisting of or containing string or strings

• insubstantial
• unreal
• unsubstantial

1. (adjective) lean and sinewy

• wiriness

2. (adjective) forming viscous or glutinous threads

• cohesiveness
• glueyness
• gluiness
• gumminess
• ropiness
• tackiness
• viscidity
• viscidness