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# curly

adjective (curly, curlier, curliest)

«curly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Curly means having curls, like hair that grows in rings or waves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curly/#m1)
2. Curly means shaped in curves or spirals, like a curly tail or curly writing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curly/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life it describes hair, pig tails, ribbon, fries and lettuce. In maths, curly brackets { } are used for groups of numbers (sets). In stories, curly hair helps readers picture a character. Phrases: «curly hair», «curly fries», «curly brackets».

### Examples

- She has long curly red hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curly/#x1)
- A pig has a short curly tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curly/#x2)
- We ate curly fries at the fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curly/#x3)
- Curl the ribbon with scissors to make it curly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curly/#x4)
- His writing is very curly and hard to read. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curly/#x5)
- The baby's hair is getting curlier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curly/#x6)
- In some maths books, sets are written in curly brackets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curly/#x7)

### Note

Comparatives: curlier, curliest (y changes to i). Opposites: «straight» (hair), «flat». Noun «curl», verb «curl». «Curly brackets» are also called braces.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «curly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«curly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/curly.html) on Mova free.