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Definition of Curly
1. Adjective. (of hair) having curls or waves. "They envied her naturally curly hair"
Similar to: Curled, Curling, Crisp, Frizzly, Frizzy, Kinky, Nappy, Permed, Ringleted, Wavy
Derivative terms: Curl, Curliness
Antonyms: Straight
Definition of Curly
1. a. Curling or tending to curl; having curls; full of ripples; crinkled.
Definition of Curly
1. Adjective. Having curls ¹
2. Noun. a person or animal with curly hair. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Curly
1. tending to curl [adj CURLIER, CURLIEST] : CURLILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curly
Literary usage of Curly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"WRINKLED TYPE or BEET LEAVES Not curly top, but having in the sieve tubes occasional
groups of the bacterial bodies found in great abundance in curly top ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1910)
"The serious nature of curly-top may be understood when it is known that in some
... It may be said that beets once, affected with curly-top never recover. ..."
3. Riley Child-rhymes by James Whitcomb Riley (1905)
"curly Locks! wilt thou be mine? Thou shalt not wash the dishes, ... curly Locks!
curly Locks! wilt thou be mine? The throb of my heart is in every line, ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Incorporation of the analog into flagellin resulted in a curly flagellum displaying
half the normal wavelength (4, 5). If flagella were partially ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"We have now to consider the behavior of wavy in relation to curly or kinky, ie,
... For straight by wavy frequently gives curly (10 per cent, ..."
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