sinewy adj

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]

English

Adjective

1. Tough; having strong sinews.
2. Having or showing nervous strength.
3. In the context of "of a person": possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.
   • 1965 (original), Frank Herbert, Dune, Ace Edition; June 1987, Pennsylvania, page 32:

     Hawat put a sinewy finger beside his eye.

References

• WordNet® 3.0. Princeton University. 30 Aug. 2007. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/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