1. comparative form of ropy: more resembling rope in texture; more stringy or fibrous
Usage: comparative form
2. comparative form of ropy: of worse quality; more inferior or substandard
Usage: informal; comparative form

Examples

• The cheese became ropier as it aged.
• This batch of taffy is ropier than the last one.
• The old rope was getting ropier with each use.
• Her performance was even ropier than yesterday’s.
• The sauce turned ropier after sitting out too long.
• The second movie was ropier than the first.