curly
English
/ˈkɝli/, /ˈkɜːli/
adj
Definitions
- Having curls.
- (typography) Curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)
- Complicated and difficult; knotty.
Etymology
Suffix from English curl.
Origin
English
curl
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- becurl English
- cue English
- curl English
- curl bar English
- curlable English
- curler English
- curlest English
- curleth English
- curlicue English
- curlily English
- curliness English
- curlless English
- curlpaper English
- curlsome English
- lipcurl English
- noncurly English
- outcurl English
- uncurl English
- uncurly English
- upcurl English
- curlstång Swedish
- crulle Middle English