thready adjective2 •Of, resembling, or capable of forming a thread; filamentous.The roote is threddy, like the roote of the second kinde of Scrophularia, and is euer[-]lasting, putting forth yearely new springs, as also doth the rootes of the other two Scrophularies. — 1578 •weak.A pulse throbbed beneath her fingers, thready but present. — 2016 formsthreadier · threadiest