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Adjective: thready (threadier,threadiest)  thre-dee
  1. Thin in diameter; resembling a thread
    "Her thready pulse worried the doctor";
    - filamentous, filiform, filamentlike, threadlike
     
  2. Forming viscous or glutinous threads
    "The dough had a thready texture when stretched";
    - ropy, ropey, stringy

Derived forms: threadiest, threadier

See also: thick, thin