curly
nounEtymology From curl + -y.
1
a person or animal with curly hair.
- Related terms
- short and curlies
curly
adjAU, UK /ˈkɜːli/ · US /ˈkɝli/
Etymology From curl + -y.
1
Having curls.
2
Media, Publishing, Typography Curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)
3
Australia 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:
- Derived terms
- becurtovirus, curlicue, curlily, curliness, curly apostrophe, curly brace, curly bracket, curly cuh, curly endive, curly fries, curly fry, curlyhaired, curlyhead, curly kale, curly mesquite, curly quote, curly top, curly wig, noncurly, uncurly