stringily

English

Etymology

From stringy +‎ -ly.

Adverb

stringily (comparative more stringily, superlative most stringily)

1. In a stringy way.
   • 1903, McClure's Magazine:

     Her complexion was of an unhealthy yellowish hue, and a few wisps of the same yellowish-hued hair straggled stringily down her thin temples.