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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sinewy \Sin"ew*y\, adjective
1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews.
The sinewy thread my brain lets fall. --Donne.
2. Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax.
A man whose words . . . were so close and sinewy. --Hare.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sinewy
adjective
1: (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew [syn: {fibrous}, {stringy}, {unchewable}]
2: consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon [syn: {tendinous}]
3: (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms" [syn: {brawny}, {hefty}, {muscular}, {powerful}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "sinewy": able-bodied, acid, athletic, biting, brawny, broad-shouldered, burly, cartilaginous, chewy, cohesive, coriaceous, corrosive, cutting, driving, durable, effective, fibrous, forceful, forcible, gristly, gutsy, hard, hardy, imperative, impressive, incisive, lasting, leatherlike, leathery, mighty, mordant, muscle-bound, muscular, nervous, penetrating, piercing, poignant, powerful, punchy, resistant, robust, ropy, sensational, sinewed, slashing, stiff, stout, strapping, striking, stringy, strong, stubborn, sturdy, telling, tenacious, thewy, thickset, tough, tough as leather, trenchant, untiring, vigorous, viscid, vital, well-built, well-knit, well-set, well-set-up, wiry
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