flexuous

Full of curves

Flexuous means having a wavy or sinuous form, bending alternately in opposite directions.

The word appears mostly in botanical and zoological descriptions: flexuous stems, flexuous antennae.

It suggests graceful, serpentine curves rather than rigid angles.

The related flexuosity names this quality of being full of turns and windings.

curved

sinuous

Curving in flowing turns

serpentineCurving in repeated bends
undulatingMoving in waves
wavyHaving gentle curves

curvilinear · meandering · winding · snaking · twisting · coiling · flowing · rippling · arching · bending

supple

pliant

Easily bent or influenced

limberBending without resistance
bendableAble to curve
yieldingBending under pressure

pliable · lithe · willowy · elastic · resilient · springy · ductile · malleable · whippy · supple

botanical

stems

Plant's main axes

tendrilsSlender coiling growths
vinesClimbing, trailing plants
branchesLimbs of trees

shoots · fronds · runners · stalks · creepers · climbers · twining · trailing · rambling · lianas

Opposites

physical form/shape

flexuousstraight

Not curved or crooked

linear · rectilinear · unbent · direct · rigid

rigidity/flexibility

flexuousstiff

Not easily bent

rigid · inflexible · unbending · unyielding · firm

Family

reflect, flexible, flex, reflex, flexibility, inflexible, reflective, deflect, reflector

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