Adjective: sinewy sin-yoo-ee
- (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
"a sinewy athlete";
- brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, muscly
- Consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
"The surgeon carefully repaired the sinewy tissue in the patient's shoulder";
- tendinous
- (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
"The sinewy steak was sent back to the kitchen";
- fibrous, stringy, unchewable