frizzly
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- unfrizzly adjective
Etymology
Origin of frizzly
Example Sentences
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It got frizzly edges as well as melty spots throughout the meat, not unlike the way chocolate chips distribute themselves throughout a thick cookie.
From Salon • May 27, 2022
A slight, unprepossessing man with a boyish face and frizzly red hair, Costigan is an actor of considerable force.
From Time Magazine Archive
Teamwork Thirty-three years ago a ruddy-cheeked Russian who wore startlingly high collars and frizzly hair standing on end arrived in the U. S. to give piano recitals.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her hair is frizzly and short, red with darker roots, and I suspect she is chewing gum: every once in a while there is a slow, furtive, sideways motion of her jaw.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
The hair ... may be almost straight, decidedly wavy—its usual feature—or almost, but never really, frizzly....
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
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