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Meanings of threadlike in English

Thin in diameter; resembling a thread.

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Usage of threadlike in English
1
The antennae were heliotrope, fine, threadlike, and closely pressed to the head.
Moths of the Limberlost: A Book About Limberlost Cabin
2
It was an infinitely fine, threadlike projection from the surface of the planet.
Sand Doom
3
Caradoc's face went white, leaving threadlike purple veins showing on nose and cheeks.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock
4
More nervous than sanguine, Cristophe's bodily appearance was thin and threadlike, but wiry.
Catherine De Medici
5
Her high-arched, threadlike brows were ruffled into a delicious frown.
The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million
6
It was a very dry voice; threadlike, but determined.
Up the Hill and Over
7
Deveining a prawn or shrimp removes the gray, threadlike intestinal track running along its back.
The everything chinese cookbook: from wonton soup to sweet and s...
8
But the silk was thin, threadlike and slightly discolored.
The Sorceress
9
So genes had to be carried on chromosomes-thethreadlike structures identified by Flemming three decades earlier.
The emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer
10
The mycelium, the threadlike part of a fungus that often grows underground, is a favorite food.
The sound of a wild snail eating
11
He saw Lady Galloway, slim and threadlike, with silver hair and a face sensitive and superior.
The Innocence of Father Brown
12
I struck at this, and caught something threadlike.
The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
13
Nothing else stirred; in the crisp still air the evening smoke of chimneys rose threadlike and vanished.
Sally Dows
14
Yes, this little threadlike creature belongs to the same order as the big flat giant water bug.
The Insect Folk
15
The spinnerets of the females were working furiously now, spraying threadlike ova and pheronomes into the air.
Jem
16
The sacred gold is heated to a threadlike consistency so it can be stitched into the skin.'
Blood Rights
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