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curly quotes

curly quotes is the plural of curly quote.

Meaning of curly quote

Noun

curly quote (plural curly quotes)

  1. A shaped opening or closing quotation mark, as distinguished from a straight quote. In English: “ ”. In some other languages: ” ”, „ ” or „ “.
    Synonyms:
    smart quotes

Questions about curly quotes

What is curly quotes the plural of?
Curly quotes is the plural of curly quote.

Words near curly quotes in the dictionary

  1. curly kales
  2. curly mesquite
  3. curly mesquites
  4. curly plumeless thistle
  5. curly quote
  6. curly quotes
  7. curly top
  8. curly v
  9. curly wig
  10. curly-brace language
  11. curly-brace languages

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Adapted from Wiktionary: curly quotes (page history and authors); curly quote (page history and authors). 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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