"thready" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: threadier [comparative], threadiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛdi Etymology: From Middle English *thredi, *thredy (suggested by derivative Middle English thredines, þredinez (“fibrousness, stringiness”, literally “threadiness”)), equivalent to thread + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*thredi}} Middle English *thredi, {{m|enm|*thredy}} *thredy, {{m+|enm|thredines}} Middle English thredines, {{m|enm|þredinez|lit=threadiness|t=fibrousness, stringiness}} þredinez (“fibrousness, stringiness”, literally “threadiness”), {{suf|en|thread|-y|id2=adjectival}} thread + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} thready (comparative threadier, superlative threadiest)
  1. Of, resembling, or capable of forming a thread; filamentous.
    Sense id: en-thready-en-adj-6lfHBEzQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 95 5
  2. (of a pulse) weak.
    Sense id: en-thready-en-adj-DScijj~U
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: threaden (english: made of thread)

Inflected forms

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