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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SIN'EWY, a.
1. Consisting of a sinew or nerve. The sinewy thread my brain lets fall.
2. Nervous; strong well braced with sinews; vigorous; firm; as the sinewy Ajax. The northern people are large, fair complexioned, strong, sinewy and courageous.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew [syn: fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable]
2: consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon [syn: tendinous, sinewy]
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, sinewy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century 1. full of sinews: as a. tough, stringy <sinewy meat> b. strong <sinewy arms> 2. marked by the strength of sinews <a demanding sinewy intelligence — Helen Dudar>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sinewy Sin"ew*y, a. 1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews. The sinewy thread my brain lets fall. --Donne. 2. Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax. A man whose words . . . were so close and sinewy. --Hare.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Someone who is sinewy has a lean body with strong muscles. A short, sinewy young man... ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Muscular, brawny, athletic, nervous, vigorous, firm, stalwart, strapping, robust, powerful, sturdy, strong, Herculean, able-bodied, made of iron.

Moby Thesaurus

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