stringy in WordNet English dictionary

1. (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
   fibrous  sinewy  stringy  unchewable 
   
2. forming viscous or glutinous threads
   ropy  ropey  stringy  thready 
   
3. consisting of or containing string or strings
   stringy 
   
4. lean and sinewy
   stringy  wiry