sinuous
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yu adjective
1.
having many curves, bends, or turns; winding: a sinuous path.
2.
indirect; devious: sinuous questions.
3.
characterized by a series of graceful curving motions: a sinuous dance.
4.
Botany. sinuate, as a leaf.
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sinuous (ˈsɪnjʊəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | full of turns or curves; intricate |
| 2. | devious; not straightforward |
| 3. | supple; lithe |
| [C16: from Latin sinuōsus winding, from sinus a curve] | |
| 'sinuously | |
| —adv | |
| 'sinuousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
sinuous
"full of turns and curves," 1578, from L. sinuosus "full of folds or bendings," from sinus "curve, fold, bend."
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Example sentences
Nearly six feet high, it resembles a tall curtain hanging in sinuous folds.
Real strike-slip faults are sinuous, however, with curved and offset traces where local areas of uplift or subsidence occur.
There was a defined silhouette: bias-cut skirts created a sinuous shape.
Peppered around lava flats and mountaintops all over the moon are strange sinuous shapes known as lunar swirls.
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