Wavy

Word WAVY
Character 4
Hyphenation wav y
Pronunciations /ˈweɪvi/

Definitions and meanings of "Wavy"

What do we mean by wavy?

Abounding or rising in waves. adjective

Marked by or moving in a wavelike form or motion; sinuous. adjective

Having curls, curves, or undulations. adjective

Characteristic or suggestive of waves. adjective

Wavering; unstable. adjective

See wavey. noun

Abounding in waves.

Undulating in movement or shape; waving: as, wavy hair.

In botany, undulating on the border or on the surface. See cut under repand.

In heraldry, same as undé.

In entomology, presenting a series of horizontal curves: noting marks or margins. It is distinct from waved; but the two epithets are somewhat loosely used, and are sometimes interchanged.

In zoology, undulating; sinuous; waved; having waved markings.

Rising or swelling in waves; full of waves. adjective

Playing to and fro; undulating. adjective

Undulating on the border or surface; waved. adjective

Alternative form of wavey (goose). noun

Rising or swelling in waves. adjective

Full of waves. adjective

Moving to and fro; undulating. adjective

Having wave-like shapes on its border or surface; waved. adjective

Rising or swelling in waves.

Full of waves.

Moving to and fro; undulating.

Having wave-like shapes on its border or surface; waved.

(of a margin) Moving up and down relative to the surface; undulate.

Undé, in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines.

Drunk

Synonyms and Antonyms for Wavy

The word "wavy" in example sentences

But the stereotyped use of the _bordure wavy_ in England with a set meaning, gives to the wavy variety a lack of desirability. ❋ Charles Boutell (1844)

Thin wavy noodles were involved, and a Thai-like sauce. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Sir Edgar was a fine, handsome man, of about thirty-five years of age, standing some five feet nine or ten inches in his stockings, well made, with dark brown hair that covered his head in short wavy curls. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)

I have been saying that oil is in a long term wavy down trend that will take some time to complete. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You then have to judge when your risotto is perfectly cooked, thick and creamy - the Italians actually describe the texture as 'wavy' - with a little bite in the centre of the grain. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The chimney-piece was very high, and there was a bad glass — what I may call a wavy glass — above it, which, when I stood up, just showed me my anterior phrenological developments, — and these never look well, in any subject, cut short off at the eyebrow. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In Java and the Moluccas, giant burrs on the stem give rise to finely figured gnarl wood (also called wavy or curly wood). ❋ Unknown (1996)

The main thing is evenness of rubbing all along the circular edge, as if one part gets more than its share the edge becomes wavy, which is a thing to be avoided as much as possible. ❋ George Jack (1894)

The chimney-piece was very high, and there was a bad glass -- what I may call a wavy glass -- above it, which, when I stood up, just showed me my anterior phrenological developments, -- and these never look well, in any subject, cut short off at the eyebrow. ❋ Charles Dickens (1841)

"I'll hold this in my hand and you hit it" As the hammer hit my hand and it puffed up and I'd finished calling the wavy navy bod all the insults I could think of, that increased even more ❋ Unknown (2009)

At the end the risotto should have a creamy, almost "wavy" consistency. ❋ Lael Hazan (2011)

GEORGE TAKEI, ACTOR: Well, actually, to me it looked rather antique, you know, the kind of wavy, glow around the body. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Moreover, this kind of wavy movement is considered fashionable, especially if a couple is on the ride. ❋ Nick Anthis (2006)

Another irreplaceable feature of the old windows is the "wavy" glass, which gives them a distinct appearance that's visible even from a distance. ❋ David Wharton (2007)

When a 37-year old man walked into a hospital emergency room in Glasgow, Scotland last October complaining of "wavy" vision and a non-stop headache that had lasted four weeks, doctors were at first stumped, the British journal The Lancet reported Friday. ❋ William Harryman (2007)

And the reason we can see them so well is they're kind of wavy, like corrugated cardboard. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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