Adjective, : curly blond hair. ,curlyheaded. ,curly maple. From Dictionary.com.
Or do they test for thickness of lip and curliness of hair?. From Wordnik.com. [Down With Apart-Height] Reference
“Yeah, well, I saw his tail, the … um … curliness of his tail.”. From Wordnik.com. [GUARDIAN OF THE VEIL] Reference
Just now it was an awkward length, but its curliness redeemed even that. From Wordnik.com. [Rosemary] Reference
Would they have to measure the curliness his hair, the thickness his lips?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-04] Reference
In such a tree some scions would produce curliness and others straight grain. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
I was too curly already, but Phyllis said natural curliness was not the thing any more. From Wordnik.com. [Sunny Slopes] Reference
"She had better have some very particular sort of curliness in her hair too," said Sissy. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
She drew the boyish head, rumpled into an irresistible state of curliness, to her breast. From Wordnik.com. [Turn About Eleanor] Reference
In contrast to Ms R's creative curliness, Carolyn worked as a PA to four directors of an investment bank. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
Thus, being easily bent, it is twisted owing to its weakness, and this is what is meant by curliness in hair. From Wordnik.com. [On the Generation of Animals] Reference
Various statements, however, indicate that curliness may not develop until the trees are 20 years old or more. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
Such curliness may be related to the shortening of the curve where the root joins the trunk, thus causing distortion. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
As we approach the domains of the Mañgguáñgans and of the Mamánuas, the hair is a little less abundant and shows traces of curliness. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
With the layers, and the super shortness of my hair, and the new curliness, it is now rivalling Farrah Fawcett's for feathered weirdness. From Wordnik.com. [idiot-milk Diary Entry] Reference
In the literature somewhat conflicting reports are found as to whether or not curliness will show up early in the growth of a tree or late. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
The first definite indication that curliness would develop in a grafted tree was reported by Mr. Wilkinson (Ref. 7) at the Norris meeting of the Northern Nut Growers. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
These letters mention the desirability of propagating figured walnut but aside from indicating that trees of the Lamb had been propagated there was no indication that curliness had developed. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
No mental trait such as vivacity, musical ability, mathematical talent, or artistic sense, has been analyzed into such definitely transmissible unit-characters as "blue eyes" and "curliness of hair.". From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
She was clad in a gray silk with tight sleeves, and her profusion of rich chestnut hair, with its willful curliness that forbade it to be smooth on her temples, was coiled in a great knot at the back of her head. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876] Reference
Light curls very light curls have no more curliness than soup. From Wordnik.com. [Tender Buttons Objects—Food—Rooms] Reference
If the air is dry, your hair will have a certain amount of curliness to it. From Wordnik.com. [Arab Times Kuwait English Daily] Reference
I enjoyed touching it, either its natural curliness or its hair-dryered straightness. From Wordnik.com. [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference
Similarly, straight-haired parents lack curliness, and two such have only straight-haired children. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Science of Sociology] Reference
Fatness and curliness are relative terms, but there is a degree at which either condition becomes remarkable. From Wordnik.com. [Traitor's Purse]
Everything is customizable, from the number of branches to the size of the leaves to the curliness of the branches. iCursor. From Wordnik.com. [MakeUseOf.com] Reference
At a more recent period Roubaud has said that pubic hair in its quantity, color and curliness is an index of genital energy. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy] Reference
The fair nymph fixed him with a penetrating gaze through tresses full of salt curliness, while her cheeks were conscious of an unclad dip. From Wordnik.com. [Erema — My Father's Sin] Reference
"Our contribution to this paper is data collected on the Portuguese water dog that indicated that keratin genes controlled the amount of curliness," Lark says. From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
Although it was known to play a role in the development of the hair follicle, Queensland Institute of Medical Research scientists have discovered its role in curliness. From Wordnik.com. [Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices] Reference
They were rich in duck-like characteristics: they had the practical fussiness, the bland innocence, the complacent humour, all the inward and outward curliness of duckhood. From Wordnik.com. [Try Anything Twice] Reference
Then Molly knew that her stepmother was in high good-humour; the smoothness or curliness of her hair was a sure test of the favour in which Mrs. Gibson held her at the moment. From Wordnik.com. [Wives and Daughters] Reference
"Mademoiselle's hair is stopped in its growth by this extreme curliness. From Wordnik.com. [My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt] Reference
(that is, traits hereditarily transmitted as units), such as "curliness of hair," "blue eyes," and the like. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
ESSMAN: I have come to terms with the curliness. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 21, 2009] Reference
They do like their curliness in Cornwall. From Wordnik.com. [Cornish landscapes, urban and otherwise - Uncle N's MySpace Blog | Nemesis To Go] Reference
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