sinuous

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Having curves in alternate directions

   Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.

   • We followed every bend of the sinuous river.
   • [A] peculiar luminous and sinuous marking appeared on the unillumined half of the inner planet, and almost simultaneously a faint dark mark of a similar sinuous character was detected upon a photograph of the Martian disc.
2. 2

   Moving gracefully and in a supple manner.

   • We were entranced by her sinuous dance.
3. 3

   Morally crooked

   Morally crooked; shifty.

   • On 16 December 1999, Lanny Davis, one of the President's more sinuous apologists, was asked on an MSNBC chat show to address the issue and replied that Ms. Broaddrick had been adjudged unreliable by the FBI.

The neighborhood

• neighborsine
• neighborinsinuate