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wavy Definition

wavy ()

adjective wavier wav′i·er, waviest wav′i·est

  1. having waves
  2. moving in a wavelike motion
  3. having undulating curves; forming waves and hollows; sinuous
  4. characteristic or suggestive of waves
  5. wavering; fluctuating; unsteady

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wavy

modif.

  1. Sinuous

    undulating, bumpy, crinkly, curved; see rough 1, twisted.

  2. Unsteady

    wavering, fluctuating, vibrating; see changeable 1, 2.

wavy Usage Examples

Preposition: per

  • fesse: Vert a Fesse wavy per fesse wavy Argent and Azure over all an Oak Tree fructed Or.

Modifies a noun

  • argent: SUPPORTERS: On either side a Stag Gules attired and unguled Or gorged with a Collar wavy Argent thereon a Bar wavy Azure.
  • slide: Leading off the second platform is a wooden climbing ramp with rope, with the fourth platform leading to the green 3m wavy slide.
  • grass: There is an area of heath adjacent to the track near Bearpark, which consists of dense heather with wavy hair grass.
  • line: There are usually wavy white lines next to the red patches.
  • grain: Ripple Figure found in wood which has wavy grain, eg ripple sycamore.

Modifying Another Word

  • slightly: His coat should be silky, either flat or slightly wavy.
  • very: They appear to be magnetic vinyl, but don't adhere well at all, looking very wavy, with gaps under them.
  • long: She is 40 years old and has long wavy brown hair with blue eyes.

Used with adjective complement

  • look: They appear to be magnetic vinyl, but don't adhere well at all, looking very wavy, with gaps under them.
  • appear: Pan's gravity causes the ring material either side of the Enke gap to appear wavy.

Browse dictionary entries near wavy

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  6. WAVES
  7. wavery
  8. waveringly
  9. wavering
  10. waverer
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