Curly

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  • adjective. Having curls.
  • adjective. Having the tendency to curl.
  • adjective. Having a wavy grain.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having curls; tending to curl; full of curves, twists, or ripples.
  • Affected with curl. See curl, n., 4 , *, *.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Curling or tending to curl; having curls; full of ripples; crinkled.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having curls
  • noun. a person or animal with curly hair.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. (of hair) having curls or waves
  • Word Usage
    "At the end of a further short period this develops into a light curly mass (_cauliflower_ or _curly head_), which gradually becomes lighter and more solid in appearance, and is then known as _rocky head_."
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    Equivalent
    crisp  curled  curling  frizzly  frizzy  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adderley  Curley  Early  Hurley  Shirley  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blond  bushy  flaxen  glossy  grizzle  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    crimpy  crinkled  crisp  curled  frizzly  
    variant
    curlier  curliest