wavy
1curving alternately in opposite directions; undulating: a wavy course;wavy hair.
abounding in or characterized by waves: the wavy sea.
resembling or suggesting waves: a cotton material with a wavy pattern.
vibrating or tremulous; wavering; unsteady.
Origin of wavy
1Other words from wavy
- wav·i·ly, adverb
- wav·i·ness, noun
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How to use wavy in a sentence
With wavy blond hair, the Clemson quarterback looks like a California golden boy … and some analysts say he could command $50,000 per Instagram post.
If it sounds a little hand-wavy, that’s because any estimate along these lines is.
Remote workers are greener, but their tech still has a real carbon cost | Devin Coldewey | January 20, 2021 | TechCrunchThe fact that it’s hand-wavy doesn’t mean that liquid phase separation isn’t the key driving force.
A Newfound Source of Cellular Order in the Chemistry of Life | Viviane Callier | January 7, 2021 | Quanta MagazineWe represent electromagnetic interactions as wavy lines connecting charged particles with each other.
A New Map of All the Particles and Forces | Natalie Wolchover, Samuel Velasco and Lucy Reading-Ikkanda | October 22, 2020 | Quanta MagazineIf that still sounds hand-wavy, picture a synapse as two extremely intimate communities.
Amazingly Detailed Map Reveals How the Brain Changes With Aging | Shelly Fan | June 16, 2020 | Singularity Hub
With her sweet smile, rosy cheeks, and wavy white-blond hair, she found money was easy to come by.
Boland is an immature kid with a lean, unsmiling face, ice-blue eyes, and wavy blond hair.
One Red Rose for the Green Kid Who Won the Kentucky Derby | Red Smith | May 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe crowd collectively grooved out in the wavy interpretive dance-esque style that Deadheads do.
Bob Weir on Drugged-Out Deadheads and Living in Jerry Garcia’s Shadow | Emily Shire | April 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGone are the wavy curls, glistening with sweat and flopping a full second behind his every move.
Perched atop a mountain of wavy, pulled-back hair is a mangled ball of manliness, a holdover from the days of the samurai.
Many of the lines are wavy and irregular and there are no woodcut initials or ornaments of any kind.
A History of the Cambridge University Press | S. C. RobertsThe rippled waters between the four walls of the cave were like wavy paving tiles.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor HugoA gold fillet, set with another matchless diamond, confined her hair, which fell loosely in wavy tresses round her shoulders.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado | Frank AubreyThe other was fair, as fair as can be, with great, wavy masses of golden hair and eyes like pale sapphires.
Dracula | Bram StokerHe stopped rubbing his wavy hair, which stood up tumbled all over his head, giving him an absurdly boyish, helpless look.
Happy House | Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum Stolzenberg
British Dictionary definitions for wavy
/ (ˈweɪvɪ) /
abounding in or full of waves
moving or proceeding in waves or undulations
(of hair) set in or having waves and curls
unstable or wavering
Derived forms of wavy
- wavily, adverb
- waviness, noun
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