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curvy

adj
/ˈkɚ.vi/US/ˈkɜː.vi/UK

Etymology

From curve + -y.

  1. derived from *(s)ker-✻
  2. derived from curvus — “bent, curved”
  3. suffixed as curvy — “curve + y”

Definitions

  1. Having curves.

    • A city is entangled in straight lines, while nature is curvy. Fast is straight, but slow is curvy and patient.

  2. Buxom or curvaceous.

    • I love this woman and her curvy body.
    • He tried to shift his focus back to Jessica and their wedding, but the soft, curvy blonde he'd met recently was stealing more and more of his attention.

  3. Overweight.

    • (see title)

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Derived

curvily, curviness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for curvy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA