curly B1 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈkɝli/ UK /ˈkɜːli/ See IPA manual Freq #8194 Meanings 1 adj Having curls; growing or shaped in curves rather than straight. I envy anyone with naturally curly hair. Thesaurus Word family Forms curliercurliest Derived forms becurtoviruscurlicuecurlilycurlinesscurlyhairedcurlyheadnoncurlyuncurly Common collocations curly hair Adjective + noun Etymology From curl + -y. Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # curly **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈkɝli/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkɜːli/ **Frequency rank:** 8194 ## Meanings 1. Having curls; growing or shaped in curves rather than straight. ## Examples - I envy anyone with naturally curly hair. ## Derived Forms - becurtovirus - curlicue - curlily - curliness - curlyhaired - curlyhead - noncurly - uncurly ## Etymology From curl + -y. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown