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curvy

adj.
B1 Intermediate US //ˈkɝvi// UK //kˈɜːvi// curvy Humorous

adj. having a shape with smooth, rounded lines rather than straight ones. You often use this to describe a person's body or a winding road.

adj. characterised by smooth, rounded bends or a shapely silhouette. Often used as a polite or positive descriptor for a person with a full figure.


SIMPLE

The car drove slowly along the curvy mountain road.

CONTEXTUAL

She bought a dress designed specifically to flatter a curvy figure.

COMPLEX

The architect rejected the harsh angles of modernism in favour of a curvy, organic structure that mimicked the rolling hills of the surrounding landscape.

Synonyms
Usage

Often used predicatively after linking verbs like 'is' or 'looks', or attributively before a noun.

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