as in curly
having the curving shape of a wave or of many waves
She has wavy blond hair. wavy lines
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Recent Examples of wavy
Others see the three circles and two wavy lines as a symbol of the three continents and two seas ruled by the sultans—Europe, Asia and Africa, and the Mediterranean and the Black Seas.
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Dorothy Armstrong
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
The set comes with six colorful glasses that have a wavy design reminiscent of a flower.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 8 July 2025
There’s no one-size-fits-all, since fine hair can range from pin-straight and silky strands to frizzy, wavy hair.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 5 July 2025
There’s a healthy squeeze of toothpaste, its colorful lines of active ingredients turned into wavy stripes of princess-cut diamonds and Paraiba tourmalines, a new gem in her repertoire, for rings and earcuffs.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 4 July 2025
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Dorothy Armstrong
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
The set comes with six colorful glasses that have a wavy design reminiscent of a flower.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 8 July 2025
There’s no one-size-fits-all, since fine hair can range from pin-straight and silky strands to frizzy, wavy hair.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 5 July 2025
There’s a healthy squeeze of toothpaste, its colorful lines of active ingredients turned into wavy stripes of princess-cut diamonds and Paraiba tourmalines, a new gem in her repertoire, for rings and earcuffs.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wavy
curly
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With Lenie being small for her age and both girls having strikingly curly hair, they were jokingly described as twins.—
Karla Perez,
Hartford Courant,
18 July 2025
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The 8-year-old styled her hair in curly pigtails, while her mom wore a loose half-up, half-down style.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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“Wavy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wavy. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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