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[ wey-vee ] / ˈweɪ vi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wavy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, wav·i·er, wav·i·est.curving 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; unsteady; wavering. Origin of wavy1First recorded in 1555–65; wave + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM wavywav·i·ly, adverbwav·i·ness, nounWords nearby wavywave tank, wave theory, wave train, wave trap, wavey, wavy, waw, wa-wa, wawl, wax, Waxahachie Definition for wavy (2 of 2)[ wey-vee ] / ˈweɪ vi /
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wavyIf 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. Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST 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|DAILY BEAST The 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|DAILY BEAST
Gone are the wavy curls, glistening with sweat and flopping a full second behind his every move. Roger Federer’s Hair Evolution|Sujay Kumar|June 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST Perched atop a mountain of wavy, pulled-back hair is a mangled ball of manliness, a holdover from the days of the samurai. Joakim Noah Has the Manliest Bun Ever|Sujay Kumar|May 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST She put both her hands on her temples and stroked her wavy hair gently, as though making it tidy. The Road to the Open|Arthur Schnitzler But the stereotyped use of the bordure wavy in England with a set meaning, gives to the wavy variety a lack of desirability. The Handbook to English Heraldry|Charles Boutell A star with wavy rays or points, which are six, eight, or sometimes even more in number: No. 242. The Handbook to English Heraldry|Charles Boutell Basin broad, shallow, and regular or wavy; Eye medium, open. American Pomology|J. A. Warder The head of the arch is wavy and formed mostly of convex curves. Portuguese Architecture|Walter Crum Watson
British Dictionary definitions for wavy
adjective wavier or waviestabounding 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 wavywavily, adverbwaviness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to wavycurved, curly, undulating, sinuous, coiled, bumpy, twisted, crinkled, rolling, wavering, fluctuating, vibrating, snaky, undulate, unstable, winding, flexuous, plangent, sinuate, squiggly |