curly-haired

Examples

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• The three Accepted jumped as if they had been caught eavesdropping, and one, a dark, curly-haired woman, stepped forward.

  Fiction book (1991)

• A newspaper vendor sits on a blue milk crate, sipping coffee from a paper cup, while his curly-haired son snaps icicles from the kiosk's eaves.

  Fiction book (2002)

• So I gotta be the dark, curly-haired guy?

  The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

• A big curly-haired man was there now, too.

  Fiction book (1998)

• What's this I hear about your curly-haired friend working for the government?

  American Hustle (2013)

• His first drawing had been of a curly-haired guy with an Adam's apple the size of a cell phone.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Then, "Some time back, I saw you talking with that curly-haired fellow, young Potman, after church."

  Fiction book (2000)

• It grew louder, and I turned to see a curly-haired young man smiling in at me.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The petite, dark, curly-haired woman seemed dwarfed by the harried-looking man next to her.

  Fiction book (1996)

• She was sizing him up, a better catch certainly than her curly-haired boyfriend, if he wasn't already married.

  Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

C

curly

vscurly-haired

95 1.0

Hair that forms many small round waves

is the hyphenated compound form with the same meaning

W

wavy

vscurly-haired

16 1.3

Having soft, regular curves like small waves, not straight

focuses on hair that forms curls or tighter waves rather than gentle curves

F

frizzy

vscurly-haired

14 3.8

Hair with many small tight curls that is hard to control

is less extreme and describes regular curls or waves rather than tight uncontrolled ones

C

curled

vscurly-haired

1.4

Hair that forms many small round loops or waves

is about hair that naturally forms curls or waves

How Curly

ringleted

6.3

curly-haired

5 2.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology