Meanings
plural sinuosities
- countableuncountableThe property of being sinuous.
Meander is a Riuer in Lycia, a Prouince of Natolia, or Aſia minor famous for the ſinuoſitie and often turning thereof, […]
1597, Michaell [i.e., Michael] Drayton, “The Epistle of Rosamond to King Henry the Second. Notes of the Chronicle Historie”, in Englands Heroicall Epistles, London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] Ling, […], →OCLC, folios 4, verso – 5, recto1 more example
She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.
1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLCSynonyms: windiness
- countableuncountableThat which is sinuous.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe property of being sinuous.
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Translations
Bulgarian криволичене
- криволичене (krivoličene)property of being sinuous
French sinuosité
- sinuositéproperty of being sinuous
German Windungen
- Windungenproperty of being sinuous
Irish lúbacht
- lúbachtproperty of being sinuous
Italian sinuosità
- sinuositàproperty of being sinuous
Portuguese sinuosidade
- sinuosidadeproperty of being sinuous
Romanian sinuozitate
- sinuozitateproperty of being sinuous
Spanish sinuosidad
- sinuosidadproperty of being sinuous
Cite this entry
sinuosity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sinuosity
“sinuosity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sinuosity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sinuosity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sinuosity.
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