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

G. blood-red or orange-red. uliginosus, B. P. 2-3 cm. conico-campan. then exp. strongly umb. bright red-brown or brick-red, flesh olive-yellow; g. adnate, yellow, olive, tan; s. 4-9 cm. flexuous, paler than p.; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Capillitium arising out of the thickened base, the threads hyaline or pinkish, ascending, flexuous, simple, or branched a time or two, the extremities attached on all sides to the wall of the sporangium.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

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

P. rigid; s. slender, slightly flexuous; g. nearly free, fuscous-umber.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George