curliest
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superlativeof curly.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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I don’t recall which of my appeals drew Todbaum’s curliest scorn, only that it got pretty curly.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 25, 2019
Limping, hobbling, they tussled until nightfall, when the Navy goat had to admit that the absence of Shapely, one of its curliest horns, was too great a handicap.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Big nose and big ears and the curliest hair at the fair.
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
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His linen was of the very whitest, finest, and stiffest; his wig of the glossiest, blackest, and curliest.
From The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Altogether, this was the curliest family of lions ever seen, and Daddy Leo appeared to be the funniest curly-headed and curly-bodied lion ever seen.
From Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks by William Elliot Griffis