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
Some left my wavy hair dull and frizzy; others had an off-putting smell.
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Allure Editors, Allure, 19 Nov. 2024
Weinstein smartly nixes that horror in favor of wavy blue fabric to delineate the two worlds, between soggy and dry.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2024
Climate scientists and meteorologists said the immediate cause of the flooding is called a cut-off lower pressure storm system that migrated from an unusually wavy and stalled jet stream.
—Teresa Medrano, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
Her hair was styled in a wavy blunt bob, parted down the middle.
—Chiara Kim, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Allure Editors, Allure, 19 Nov. 2024
Weinstein smartly nixes that horror in favor of wavy blue fabric to delineate the two worlds, between soggy and dry.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2024
Climate scientists and meteorologists said the immediate cause of the flooding is called a cut-off lower pressure storm system that migrated from an unusually wavy and stalled jet stream.
—Teresa Medrano, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
Her hair was styled in a wavy blunt bob, parted down the middle.
—Chiara Kim, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for wavy
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“Wavy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wavy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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