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curliness

curliness

2.6
The way hair makes many small curved shapes
  • noun
  • /ˈkɜrlinəs/
translation icon : rizado
  • Her hair's natural curliness made it look incredibly stylish without much effort.

Examples

  • I was often jealous of my black friends' kinky hair (in varying levels of coarseness, curliness, softness, you name it) because their braids never fell out and their hair could get big.

    Blog text (17)

  • It was nowhere near as blonde as Vera Louise's hair once was, but its sunlight color, its determined curliness, endeared him to her.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The curliness of her locks added volume and texture to her hairstyle.

  • He admired the curliness of the model's hair in the fashion magazine.

Synonyms

frizziness
vscurliness
4.0

Dry, curly hair that looks rough and is not smooth

describes natural rounded hair shape without implying dryness or untidiness

Antonyms

straightness
2.2

Hair that does not curl or wave

How Curly

kinkiness
7.7
curliness
2.6
waviness
4.0

Surface Forms

curliness singular
curlinesses plural

Morphology

curliness = curly (transparent) = curl + y + ness

Formed by adding '-ness' to the adjective 'curly' to denote the quality of being curly; meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word curliness comes from the simple word curl, which means a small 'twist' or 'coil', and it is the same root as curly. Think of a small curl or a coil of hair; that picture shows why curliness means the quality of being curled.