thready adjective. ['Ɵrɛdi] L16.
[from THREAD noun + -Y¹.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of thread or threads; consisting or made of thread or threads; threadlike. L16.
■ G. E. Day The mucus will become very tough, and almost thready.
■ G. Macdonald Her black hair..revealed a thready glitter of grey.

2. Of a spindle or shuttle: full of thread. L16-M18.

3. Feeble, faint; spec. (a) (of the pulse) scarcely perceptible; (b) (of a sound, esp. the voice) lacking fullness, scarcely audible, faint. M18.
■ H. McLeave [The doctor] placed his..finger on the pulse. 'Thready and weak..' he commented. New Yorker The thready whine of taped country music.

■ threadiness noun (rare) LME.

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