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1. curly
adjective. ['ˈkɝːli'] (of hair) having curls or waves.
Antonyms
Etymology
- -y (English)
- -y (Middle English (1100-1500))
- curl (English)
Rhymes with Curly
- mccurley
- whirley
- wherley
- brearley
- akerley
- adderley
- worley
- werley
- verley
- turley
- surly
- shurley
- shirlie
- shirley
- shirlee
- sherley
- perley
- pearly
- murley
- kirley
- kerley
- kearley
- hurly
- hurley
- gurley
- girlie
- durley
- curley
- cearley
- burly
How do you pronounce curly?
Pronounce curly as ˈkərli.
US - How to pronounce curly in American English
UK - How to pronounce curly in British English
Sentences with curly
1. Adjective
Tiger maple wood is also known as curly maple, flame maple and fiddleback maple.
2. Adverb
People use keratin treatments to transform coarse, curly hair into smooth, wavy locks.
Quotes about curly
1. Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!
- Roald Dahl
2. He won't be one of those girlishly pretty men with curly gold hair...He'll be dark, dangerous, too. Brave, certainly, but not without flaws. I like my heroes human.
- Nora Roberts, Enchanted
2. curly-grained
adjective. of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel.
