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English Dictionary: Ropy by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ropy
adj
  1. of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong
    Synonym(s): ropy, ropey
  2. forming viscous or glutinous threads
    Synonym(s): ropy, ropey, stringy, thready
  3. (British informal) very poor in quality; "ropey food"; "a ropey performance"
    Synonym(s): ropey, ropy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ropy \Rop"y\, a.
      capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous
      substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy
      sirup; ropy lees.
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