From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wiry \Wir"y\, adjective [Written also wiery.]
1. Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
2. Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution. ''A little wiry sergeant of meek demeanor and strong sense.'' --Dickens.
He bore his age well, and seemed to retain a wiry vigor and alertness. --Hawthorne.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: lean and sinewy [syn: {stringy}] [also: {wiriest}, {wirier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "wiry": able-bodied, athletic, brawny, broad-shouldered, burly, capillary, cartilaginous, chewy, cirrose, cirrous, cohesive, coriaceous, durable, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform, flossy, funicular, gossamery, gristly, hairlike, hairy, hard, hardy, lasting, leatherlike, leathery, ligamental, muscle-bound, muscular, resistant, ropy, silky, sinewy, stiff, stringy, strong, stubborn, taeniate, taeniform, tenacious, thewy, thickset, threadlike, thready, tough, tough as leather, untiring, vigorous, viscid, well-built, well-knit, well-set, well-set-up
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