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flowing /ˈfləʊɪŋ /adjective1(Especially of long hair or clothing) hanging or draping loosely and gracefully: a long flowing gown of lavender silk...- She stood in the hallway in another one of her typical flowing dresses, her hair tied up this time and a small pair of silver glasses resting on her nose.
- He was dressed in dark flowing clothing; she couldn't place the colour in the darkness.
- She rode on the ocean's surface with the moon illuminating her flowing hair and garments.
Synonyms loose, hanging loose/free, unconfined; limp, flaccid, floppy informal flowy 1.1(Of a line or contour) smoothly continuous: the flowing curves of the lawn...- The forms he invented are usually very simple: they are slender and curving and create continuous flowing lines.
- Curves are some of the most beautiful thing that nature has given us, the flowing lines, smooth and gentle.
- If necessary, grinding should be done to maintain smooth flowing contours.
Synonyms sleek, streamlined, trim, aerodynamic, smooth, clean, uncluttered, unfussy; elegant, graceful technical faired 1.2Graceful and fluent: a flowing prose style...- Her detractors gleefully held up her lack of articulateness in comparison to the flowing narrative of her prose.
- His writing is graceful, flowing and confident.
- Most they put immediately back because they were written in Dimish and the Neraks could not read the graceful, flowing script.
Synonyms fluent, fluid, free-flowing, effortless, easy, natural, smooth, unbroken, uninterrupted, continuous, graceful, elegant Derivatives flowingly adverb ...- Not only are they drinking, but throwing back their heads so the water or juice and go down flowingly.
- Simon adroitly dodges the kick, flowingly stepping to the side.
- If buildings are being bombarded by suppressive fire, they destruct flowingly like a real building would.
Rhymes easygoing, going, knowing, mowing, outgoing, showing, sowing, thoroughgoing, toing and froing |