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. 2-3 cm. fragile, thin, exp. viscid, shining, wax-yellow; g. adnate, subdecur. distant, broad, almost triangular, yellow; s. hollow, 3-4 cm. hollow, colour of p. often flexuous; sp.

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

P. 2-3 cm. campan. viscid, yellow; g. adnate, broad, brown; s. 4-7 cm. slender, flexuous, dark blue, ring incomplete; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 2-3 cm. campan. obtuse, slightly striate, hygr., rugulose, atomate, pale ochre, whitish, or tinged rose when dry; g. adnate, broad; s. 4-5 cm. slightly flexuous, white, apex scurfy; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George