Sinuous

//ˈsɪn.ju.əs// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.

    "We followed every bend of the sinuous river."

  2. 2
    Moving gracefully and in a supple manner.

    "We were entranced by her sinuous dance."

  3. 3
    Morally crooked; shifty. figuratively

    "On 16 December 1999, Lanny Davis, one of the President's more sinuous apologists, was asked on an MSNBC chat show to address the issue and replied that Ms. Broaddrick had been adjudged unreliable by the FBI."

Adjective
  1. 1
    gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease wordnet
  2. 2
    curved or curving in and out wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
anfractuouscurvedambagiousanguinineanguininebendy

Example

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"The sinuous, Arabic-based script was the main method of writing Malay until the language was romanized by the British in the early 20th century, and is little practiced today outside of mosques and madrassas."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sinuōsus.

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