Wiry

a.	1.
	1.	Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
	2.	Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution. He bore his age well, and seemed to retain a wiry vigor and alertness. - Hawthorne.

Adj.

1.

wiry - lean and sinewy Synonyms: stringy

able-bodied, athletic, brawny, broad-shouldered, burly, capillary, cartilaginous, chewy, cirrose, cirrous, cohesive, coriaceous, durable, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform, flossy, funicular, gossamery, gristly, hairlike, hairy, hard, hardy, lasting, leatherlike, leathery, ligamental, muscle-bound, muscular, resistant, ropy, silky, sinewy, stiff, stringy, strong, stubborn, taeniate, taeniform, tenacious, thewy, thickset, threadlike, thready, tough, tough as leather, untiring, vigorous, viscid, well-built, well-knit, well-set, well-set-up