flexuous

American  

[flek-shoo-uhs] / ˈflɛk ʃu əs /

adjective

1. full of bends or curves; sinuous.

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flexuous British  

/ ˈflɛksjʊəs, ˈflɛksjʊˌəʊs /

adjective

1. full of bends or curves; winding

2. variable; unsteady

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Other Word Forms

• flexuously adverb
• flexuousness noun
• subflexuous adjective
• subflexuously adverb

Etymology

Origin of flexuous

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin flexuōsus “full of turns, winding, crooked,” equivalent to flexu(s) ( see flex ¹) + -ōsus -ous

Example Sentences

Auden wanted to steer the art away from truth-claims and toward something more flexuous and subtle—a mode, not a message.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2013

P. 1-2 cm. conico-campan. striate, atomate, grey, disc rufescent when dry; g. adnexed; s. 3-5 cm. flexuous, silky, white; sp. 8-10 � 4-5.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 4-5 cm. plano-depr. edge spreading, pallid, shining white when dry; g. subdecur. narrow, closely crowded; s. 4-5 cm. white, naked, flexuous; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Differs from P. gracile in flexuous and scurfy s. and not rose-edged gills. var. expolita, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

O. affricata differs in scaly p. sphagnicola, B. P. 2-3 cm. thin, soon deeply umbil. squamulose, dingy ochraceous; g. dingy ochre; s. 3-4 cm. slightly flexuous, colour of p.; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George