curly
/ˈkɜːli/US/ˈkɝli/
curly adjective: having curls.
Adjective
curly (comparative curlier, superlative curliest)
- Having curls.
- Curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)
- Complicated and difficult; knotty.
- Often, the job will throw you a curly problem that will cause the unprepared to fail, so it is best to prepare an investigative plan before starting work.2005, Chris Cooper, Behind the Private Eye: The Private Investigator's Secrets, →ISBN, page 176
Noun
curly (plural curlies)
- a person or animal with curly hair.
Proper noun capitalized: Curly
Curly
- A nickname for a person with curly hair.
- A nickname for a bald person.
- A male given name.
curly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
curly in Hindi
- घुंघराले
curly in Tamil
- சுருண்ட, நெளி
curly in Urdu
- گھنگریالا, لہریا
curly in Bengali
- কোঁকড়া
More languagesFewer languages
- curly in Telugu
- వంకర
- curly in Malayalam
- ചുരുൾ, ചുരുണ്ട, ചുരുളായ, ചുരുണ്ടിരിക്കുന്ന
- curly in Kannada
- ಗುಗ್ಗುರಿ, ಗುಂಗುರು, ಗುಗ್ಗರಿ, ಗುಗ್ಗುರು
- curly in Punjabi
- ਗੁੱਛੇਦਾਰ gucchedār
- curly in Gujarati
- કર્લી, વાંકડિયા
- curly in Odia
- କର୍ଲି
- curly in Nepali
- कर्ली
- curly in Arabic
- مُجَعَد mujaʕad
- curly in Malay
- keriting, kerinting, pepuah
- curly in Vietnamese
- xoăn, quăn, người tóc xoăn
Examples of curly in a sentence
- Her curly hair trailed along her shoulders and down her back.
- Plants grow to 20cm high for curly and 30cm for French.
- The insects spread a virus commonly referred to as "curly top."
Forms of curly
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | curlier |
| superlative | curliest |
| Noun | |
| plural | curlies |
Origin of curly
From curl + -y.
Words formed from curly
Phrases with curly
- curly cue
- curly cuhs
- curly kales
- curly braces
- curly quotes
- curly endives
- curly brackets
- curly mesquites
- curly apostrophes
- large curly brace
- large curly bracket
- curly brace language
6 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with curly
Questions about curly
- What does curly mean?
- Curly means having curls.
- What is curly in Hindi?
- Curly in Hindi is घुंघराले. See Curly meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is curly?
- Curly can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce curly?
- Curly is pronounced /ˈkɜːli/ (UK).
Words near curly in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: curly (page history and authors); Curly (page history and authors); curly (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); curly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); curly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); curly (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); curly (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); curly (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); curly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਗੁੱਛੇਦਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); curly (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); curly (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); curly (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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