ropy

/ˈroʊpi/
adjective
  1. Having a sticky, stringy, or viscous texture, like thin ropes or threads.
    • The old glue had become ropy and difficult to spread.
    • The melted cheese was ropy and stretched as she lifted her fork.
    • The sauce turned ropy after sitting out too long.
  2. Of poor quality; inferior or shoddy.
    • The hotel was cheap but the service was ropy.
    • The movie had a ropy plot that made no sense.
    • He gave a ropy performance in the play, forgetting his lines.
  3. Resembling a rope in form; long, thick, and twisted.
    • The roots of the tree grew in ropy coils above the ground.
    • The climber grabbed a ropy vine to pull himself up.
    • Her hair was tangled into ropy strands after the storm.
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