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WAVY
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Irregular inflected forms: wavier , waviest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
Synonyms:
crinkled; crinkly; rippled; wavelike; wavy
Classified under:
Similar:
uneven (not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture)
Derivation:
waviness (unevenness produced by waves or wrinkles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of hair) having waves
Example:
she had long wavy hair
Classified under:
Similar:
curly ((of hair) having curls or waves)
Derivation:
wave (a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair)
waviness ((of hair) a tendency to curl)
Context examples:
The other was fair, as fair as can be, with great wavy masses of golden hair and eyes like pale sapphires.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
It has a crisp-textured, tightly curled or wavy outer coat lined with a protective undercoat.
(American Water Spaniel, NCI Thesaurus)
The Chesapeake Bay Retriever is a powerful, muscular retriever with a slightly wavy, rather short coat.
(Chesapeake Bay Retriever, NCI Thesaurus)
The water-repellent long outer coat is flat, oily and slightly wavy with a thick oily undercoat.
(Newfoundland, NCI Thesaurus)
Issue associated with an undesired bulge, bend, bow, kink, or wavy condition observed in the device material resulting from compressive stresses.
(Buckled Medical Device Material, Food and Drug Administration)
The longish silky coat may be wavy or with large curls, with a heavy mane at the neck.
(Borzoi, NCI Thesaurus)
His hair was very smooth and wavy; but I was informed by the very first boy who came back that it was a wig (a second-hand one HE said), and that Mr. Sharp went out every Saturday afternoon to get it curled.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
She gently turned his head away, saying, as she stroked the wavy hair which had been allowed to grow for her sake—how touching that was, to be sure!
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
