stringed

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(of a musical instrument) having thin wires that are stretched across the instrument and are used to produce a range of notes depending on their thickness, length, and tightness:

Music therapy most often involves stringed instruments, especially the harp.

The man was playing music on a magical stringed gourd.

consisting of people playing stringed instruments:

A stringed orchestra played softly in the background.

The piece can be played on the harpsichord or organ, or even by a stringed quartet.

The stringed passages accompanying the love scenes represent the emotions of the characters.

having or operated by strings or wires:

The crossbow has a stringed bow mounted on a wooden stock with a cocking mechanism.

She walked across the stage with her legs wobbly, like a stringed puppet.