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curly

[kur-lee]

adjective

curlier, curliest 
  1. curling curling or tending to curl.

    curly blond hair.

  2. having curls (usually used in combination).

    curlyheaded.

  3. having a rippled or undulating appearance, as cut and finished wood.

    curly maple.



curly

/ ˈɜːɪ /

adjective

  1. tending to curl; curling

  2. having curls

  3. (of timber) having irregular curves or waves in the grain

  4. difficult to counter or answer

    a curly question

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • curliness noun
  • ˈܰԱ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of curly1

First recorded in 1720–30; curl + -y 1
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Laura describes him to Piper as a boy with red, curly hair and a smile.

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I just wanted to run my hands through his dark, curly hair and explain what the words of Los Angeles champion Eve Babitz meant to me.

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His large, round eyes and curly hair cut an ever-present, chilling figure in the space, even 11 years after his death.

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When the then curly haired youngster won in 2010 he fired weekend rounds of 66 and 62 after making the cut with nothing to spare.

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Joe Biden is still surrounded by all the trappings of power – the black SUVs, the security guys with curly earpieces, the sniffer dogs sent ahead to sweep the room for explosives.

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