Curly

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having curls.
  • adj. Having the tendency to curl.
  • adj. Having a wavy grain: curly maple wood.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having curls
  • n. a person or animal with curly hair.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Curling or tending to curl; having curls; full of ripples; crinkled.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having curls; tending to curl; full of curves, twists, or ripples.
  • Affected with curl. See curl, n., 4 , *, *.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of hair) having curls or waves
  • Equivalent
    ringleted    wavy    curled    frizzly    permed    curling    crisp    nappy    kinky    frizzy   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    curliest    curlier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    crinkled    curled    kinky    frizzly    frizzy    crimpy    kinkled    spiry    fuzzy    crisp   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adderley    Curley    Early    Hurley    Shirley    burley    burly    early    erly    girlie   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wavy    bushy    silky    flaxen    reddish    blond    shaggy    glossy    sandy    woolly