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# wavy

adjective (wavy, wavier, waviest)

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

## Everyday

Having curves like waves; not straight: wavy hair, a wavy line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wavy/#m1)

### In the lessons

In art and maths: draw a wavy line; in science: sound and light are shown as wavy lines on diagrams. In everyday life: wavy hair, a wavy pattern. Tells the reader the shape goes up and down smoothly.

### Examples

- She has long wavy hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wavy/#x1)
- Draw a wavy line under the mistakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wavy/#x2)
- The snake left a wavy track in the sand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wavy/#x3)
- The flag had a wavy pattern of blue and white. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wavy/#x4)
- On the graph, the sound looked like a wavy line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wavy/#x5)
- His writing went wavy when the bus bumped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wavy/#x6)

### Note

Spelling: wave → wavy (drop the e). Comparative wavier, superlative waviest. Opposite: straight. A wavy line is not the same as a zigzag (which has sharp corners).

## On Mova

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