Wavy
['weɪvɪ] or ['wevi]
Definition
(a.) Rising or swelling in waves; full of waves.
(a.) Playing to and fro; undulating; as, wavy flames.
(a.) Undulating on the border or surface; waved.
Checker: Selma
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Undulating, waving, playing to and fro.
Checked by Jeannette
Examples
- Mrs. March folded the wavy chestnut lock, and laid it away with a short gray one in her desk. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- We find a wavy-haired, fairish, hairy-skinned race, the Ainu, in Japan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She gently turned his head away, saying, as she stroked the wavy hair which had been allowed to grow for her sake--how touching that was, to be sure! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A fair, sweet, and honest country face was revealed, reposing in a nest of wavy chestnut hair. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Her bonnet fell back, and long wavy streams of black hair fell around her singular and melancholy-face. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Editor: Nat