Definition of Curly

1. Adjective. (of hair) having curls or waves. "They envied her naturally curly hair"

Attributes: Curliness, Waviness
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

curlily
curliness
curlinesses
curling
curling iron
curling irons
curling stick
curling tongs
curling up
curlingly
curlings
curlpaper
curlpapers
curls
curls up
curly (current term)
curly-coated retriever
curly-heads
curly bracket
curly brackets
curly clematis
curly endive
curly quote
curly quotes
curlycue
curlycues
curlycup gumweed
curlyhead

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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