Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being curly.
Wiktionary
- n. The state of being curly
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. State of being curly.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (of hair) a tendency to curl
Examples
“Oh, it's totally a different set of questions" you get in Hollywood than the ones in Washington, he says, raking his fingers through that mess of floppy, boyish curliness.”
The Washington Post: For Mark Ruffalo, it's easy being green
“Next up for Bilbreath? how to spot an illegal alien by the curliness of their pubes.”
“His beard, normally woolly, was now edging—in its length and curliness—away from philosopher toward holy man.”
“Or do they test for thickness of lip and curliness of hair?”
“Would they have to measure the curliness his hair, the thickness his lips?”
“In contrast to Ms R's creative curliness, Carolyn worked as a PA to four directors of an investment bank.”
““Yeah, well, I saw his tail, the … um … curliness of his tail.””
“MOOS: From the "New York Post" headline "Just Dye Already!" to snarky nicknames like Blackbeard Bin Laden, Osama's beard is being scrutinized and to the curliness factor, conspiracy type web sites are taking video of Bin Laden shot by news organizations and overlaying it with the latest video to see if it matches.”
“You probably can't see the details in the terrible photo, but he has beautiful chestnut brown hair cut beautifully to enhance its natural curliness-- and I hope this isn't too irreverent -- he's wearing some kind of hair product that makes it shiny and defines the curls.”
“OKE: From the minute you walk into the Apartheid Museum, you go back to a time when the flatness of your nose, the curliness of your hair or the fairness of your skin dictated how you were treated.”
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