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Sinuous

//ˈsɪn.ju.əs// adj

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

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sinuōsus.

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