sinuous

sin·u·ous (s

adj.

1. Characterized by many curves or turns; winding: a sinuous stream.

2. Characterized by supple and lithe movements: the sinuous grace of a dancer.

3. Not direct; devious.

4. Sinuate: a sinuous leaf.

[From Latin sinusus, from sinus, curve.]

sinu·ous·ly adv.

sinu·ous·ness n.

sinuous [ˈsɪnjʊəs]

adj

1. full of turns or curves; intricate

2. devious; not straightforward

3. supple; lithe Also sinuate

[from Latin sinuōsus winding, from sinus a curve]

sinuously adv

sinuousness n

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Adj.

sinuous - curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines"

sinuate, wiggly

curved, curving - having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"

sinuous

adjective (Literary)

1. supple, flexible, lithe, graceful, agile, slinky, limber, pliable, pliant, lissom(e), loose-jointed, loose-limbed the sinuous approach of a snake

2. curving, winding, meandering, crooked, coiling, tortuous, undulating, serpentine, curvy, lithe, twisty, mazy I drove along sinuous mountain roads.

Translations

sinuous [ˈsɪnjʊəs] ADJ (gen) → sinuoso; [road] → serpenteante, con muchos rodeos

sinuous [ˈsɪnjʊəs] adj

[movement, walk, grace] → sinueux/euse

[road, river] → sinueux/euse

sinuous

adj (lit, fig) → gewunden; motion of snake → schlängelnd attr; dancing etc → geschmeidig, schlangenartig; the river follows a sinuous course through the trees → der Fluss windet sich or schlängelt sich zwischen den Bäumen hindurch

sinuous [ˈsɪnjʊəs] adj (course, route) → sinuoso/a, tortuoso/a; (dance, movement) → flessuoso/a

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Subsequently a peculiar luminous and sinuous mark- ing appeared on the unillumined half of the inner planet, and almost simultaneously a faint dark mark of a similar sinuous character was detected upon a photograph of the Martian disk.

The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context

The hills are wooded, the course of the ravine is sinuous.

Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

Once it fell about the short neck of Horta, the boar, and his mad lunge for freedom toppled Tarzan from the overhanging limb where he had lain in wait and from whence he had launched his sinuous coil.

Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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