curviness

State of bending

Curviness is the quality of having curves.

The word most often describes a woman's body shape—full hips, breasts, and a defined waist: She embraced her curviness.

It can also apply to roads, lines, or designs with rounded rather than angular features.

geometry

arc

Curved line segment

  • spiralCurve winding around center
  • helixSpiraling three-dimensional curve
  • loopCurve closing on itself

coil · swirl · whorl · ellipse · oval · parabola · sine wave · ogee · serpentine · meander

body

shapely

Attractively curved or formed

hourglass · Rubenesque · zaftig · feminine · sensual · alluring · hips · waist · bust · figure

contour

silhouette

Filled-in outline shape

figure · shape · lineament · configuration · sweep · flow · line · edge · border · perimeter

road

bend

Curve or flex

winding · serpentine · meandering · chicane · slalom · twisty · snaking · zigzag · detour · corkscrew

wave

ripple

Minor surface disturbance

trough · billow · oscillation · sine · rolling · surging · wavelength · amplitude · frequency · pulsation

Categories
Opposites
geometric form

curvinessstraightness

Absence of curvature

angularity · linearity · sharpness · jaggedness · boxiness

body type

curvinessboyishness

Quality of seeming young

slimness · angularity · thinness · boniness · skinniness

surface topology

curvinessflatness

Absence of slope

levelness · evenness · smoothness · planarity · plainness

Family

curve, curved, curvy, curves, curving, concave, convex, curvature, curvilinear

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