Meanings
adjectiveundulatory (not comparable)
- not comparableThat undulates, or that causes undulations
His body was contracted and bent towards them, and described an undulatory movement like that of a worm writhing.
1906, James George Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, volume 2, page 146
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveresembling waves in form or outline or motion
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