wavelike
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- adjective
- /ˈweɪvˌlaɪk/
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ondulante
- The wavelike facade of Alvar Aalto's Baker House at MIT is a theoretical allusion to the Charles.
- wavelike motion
Examples
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While the black box is rectangular, measuring 11.4 x 4.9 x 2.2 inches, one corner on each end is higher than the other, creating a wavelike shape on the top.
Blog text (19) -
The sky extends before me on the horizon like an interminable strip of golden sand, caressed by wavelike clouds.
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Part f of the figure shows multiple small domains of wavelike structures.
Academic text (1995) -
In fact, they felt they could show that no regular periodic wavelike solutions to the equations were possible.
Academic text (2005) -
OK, So we've established now the wavelike properties of radiation.
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His muscles quivered in wavelike spasms down his sides.
Fiction book (1995) -
The wavelike structure of the cement-coated surface alludes to the flow of the Osun River.
Academic text (2009) -
See the facets of the amethyst play with the light, glittering when I move in the smooth wavelike motions of a snake.
Fiction book (1998) -
Similarly, in the hallways between galleries, there are rolling wavelike walls juxtaposed with mundane corporate-carpet flooring.
Academic text (2006) -
His muscles quivered in wavelike spasms down his sides.
Synonyms
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Having soft, regular curves like small waves, not straight
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Wavy shape or movement like waves
Having a smooth, wavy shape like gentle waves
A line or surface that goes up and down in smooth curves
With small, gentle waves on the surface, like water or cloth
Antonyms
How Wavy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wavelike is made from wave, meaning 'a moving rise of water', and the ending -like, meaning 'similar to', so it describes something that looks or moves like a wave, for example rolling grass or a dancer's flowing arms.