Wirily

He was only fourteen years old, slightly and wirily built; but his life had been lived among the mountains, his father had taught him no small measure of "sailoring," and he was not particularly afraid of heights. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He watched the bristles shining wirily in the weak light as she tipped three times and licked lightly. ❋ Unknown (2003)

It was a shock to find something very like the old excitement singing wirily in the air of the Javelin again, like sympathetic vibrations in the taut strings of some invisible harp. ❋ Blish, James (1960)

The bare arms, executed with machine-like precision, flowed wirily from shoulders to clasped hands. ❋ Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 (1945)

At last they stopped for lunch, choosing a spot where a hedge rose wirily against the midday sky, and spread the rugs on the frozen grass. ❋ Enid Bagnold (1935)

He came off the hill one evening in the middle of June to find a canoe drawn up on the beach, two Siwashes puttering over a camp fire, and a tall, wirily slender, fair-haired man who might have been anywhere between twenty-seven and thirty-five sitting in the front doorway, talking to Doris. ❋ Bertrand W. Sinclair (1926)

Wherefore, Link had grown to a wirily weedy and slouching manhood, almost as ignorant of the world beyond his mountain walls as were any of his own "critters." ❋ Albert Payson Terhune (1907)

He was only fourteen years old, slightly and wirily built; but his life had been lived among the mountains, his father had taught him no small measure of ❋ Unknown (1904)

By degrees, a composite feeling of blended strength and pain wound itself wirily round my heart, sustained, or at least restrained, its throbbings, and made me fit for the day's work. ❋ Charlotte Bront�� (1835)

The 390 capacity venue may be looking about a third full at best, but following fine support sets from Loughborough's wirily intense ❋ Unknown (2008)

By degrees, a composite feeling of blended strength and pain wound itself wirily round my heart, sustained, or at least restrained, its throbbings, and made me fit for the day’s work. ❋ Unknown (2003)

"Dodrabbit ye, Pharo!" said Uncle Coffin, wirily folding his powerful arms; "keep yer seat, Pharo, and keep yer pipe. ❋ Sarah P. McLean Greene (1895)