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thready in British English

(ˈθrɛdɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: threadier or threadiest
1. 
of, relating to, or resembling a thread or threads
2.  medicine
(of the pulse) barely perceptible; weak; fine
3. 
sounding thin, weak, or reedy
a thready tenor
Derived forms
threadiness (ˈthreadiness)
noun

thready in American English

(ˈθrɛdi)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈthreadier or ˈthreadiest
1. 
of or like a thread; stringy; fibrous; filamentous
2. 
forming threads; viscid
said of liquids
3. 
of or covered with threads or threadlike parts; fibrous
4. 
thin, weak, feeble, etc.
a thready voice, a thready pulse
Derived forms
threadiness (ˈthreadiness)
noun

Examples of 'thready' in a sentence
thready

A robin was singing its thready, wistful, autumn song from the collapsed pergola halfway down the garden.
Barbara Erskine HIDING FROM THE LIGHT (2002)
The lightning etched her face out of the night for a moment and it broke whatever thready line of thought was going through her.
Robert Wilson INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002)
She was shedding herself slowly into the walls, pressing scarves and socks against thready fingers of wind.
Erdrich, Louise THE BINGO PALACE (2002)
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