curvaceous
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- curvaceously adverb
- curvaceousness noun
- curvaciously adverb
- curvaciousness noun
Etymology
Origin of curvaceous
Example Sentences
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The chapel’s four dissimilar facades—essentially interconnected white surfaces, ornamented and perforated with markedly different patterns of windows and doorways—are topped with a gray, curvaceous concrete roof.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
President Trump has said he did not write the letter or create the drawing of a curvaceous woman that surrounds the letter.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025
The jazz-funk grooves are trippily curvaceous, the harmonies transcendent.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025
I wouldn’t go so far as to equate it with the curvaceous genius of Gaudi or with Saarinen’s groovy TWA Terminal, but it’s in the family.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023
She wanted to paint herself, but taller and more curvaceous, with a stream of silky black mermaid’s hair.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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