curly
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| —adj , curlier, curliest | |
| 1. | tending to curl; curling |
| 2. | having curls |
| 3. | (of timber) having irregular curves or waves in the grain |
| 4. | (Austral), (NZ) difficult to counter or answer: a curly question |
| 'curliness | |
| —n | |
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Curly
is always a great word to know.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
The vineyards were green still, thickly spotted with curly, blood-red branches.
One has dark curly hair with green eyes and the other has straight blonde hair with blue eyes.
The sisters wore floor- length skirts and wigs of bouffant curly hair.
She had a round face and curly hair bleached by chlorine to the various colors of winter weeds.
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