wirily
In wiry fashion
In a wiry manner—with lean, sinewy toughness or springy resilience.
The adverb typically describes how someone moves or is built: He climbed wirily up the rock face, She was wirily muscled from years of farm work.
The word suggests strength without bulk, a certain tensile quality in motion or physique.
Lacking fat; incline
- tautStretched under tension
- stringyFull of fibers
- ropyForming glutinous threads
- muscularHaving well-developed sinews
fibrous · sinewy · athletic · corded · toned · spare · rangy · lanky
Able to recover quickly
- elasticAble to stretch, rebounds
- bouncyTends to rebound
- coiledArranged in spirals
- flexibleAble to bend freely
tensile · springy · supple · bendable · pliant · rebounding · snappy · whippy
With forceful enthusiasm
- activelyWith purposeful engagement
- dynamicallyIn a changing manner
- brisklyIn a quick, energetic manner
- spiritedlyWith lively energy
animatedly · lively · nimbly · sprightly · spryly · restlessly · tirelessly · busily
With stubborn persistence
- stubbornlyWith inflexible determination
- hardilyIn a resilient manner
- durablyIn lasting manner
- persistentlyIn an unrelenting manner
enduringly · ruggedly · sturdily · robustly · grittily · doggedly · resolutely · unflaggingly
lean
Lacking fat; incline
muscular · fibrous · sinewy · athletic · corded · toned · spare · rangy · lanky · lithe
resilient
Able to recover quickly
flexible · tensile · springy · supple · bendable · pliant · rebounding · snappy · whippy · taut
vigorously
With forceful enthusiasm
- activelyWith purposeful engagement
- dynamicallyIn a changing manner
- brisklyIn a quick, energetic manner
spiritedly · animatedly · lively · nimbly · sprightly · spryly · restlessly · tirelessly · busily · alertly
tenaciously
With stubborn persistence
- stubbornlyWith inflexible determination
- hardilyIn a resilient manner
- durablyIn lasting manner
persistently · enduringly · ruggedly · sturdily · robustly · grittily · doggedly · resolutely · unflaggingly
wirilybulkily
In a large, unwieldy way
fatly · heavily · dumpily · flabbily · ponderously
wirilyclumsily
In an uncoordinated manner
awkwardly · ungainly · lumberingly · heavily · stumblingly
- wiring diagramsTechnical drawings of electrical connections
- faulty wiringDefective electrical system
- bad wiringUnsafe electrical installation
- electrical wiringConductors distributing building power
- home wiring
- copper wiringConductive metal installation