sinuousness
Serpentine flowing movement
Sinuousness is the quality of being winding, curving, or serpentine.
A river has sinuousness when it meanders rather than flowing straight.
The word applies to physical forms—the sinuousness of a dancer's movements—and to abstract things like arguments or plots that take indirect paths rather than proceeding straightforwardly.
Extremely complex and winding
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- tortuousFull of twists
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
meandering · winding · circuitous · byzantine · twisting · indirect · serpentine · devious
Smooth, angleless line
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- undulationRhythmic rise and fall
- meanderTo travel without direction
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
coil · twist · bend · spiral · loop · contour · arc · convolution
Capacity to bend easily
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
- limbernessBodily flexibility
- bendabilityCapacity to flex
- fluidityState of flowing freely
elasticity · litheness · plasticity · give · softness · malleability · ductility · looseness
Glide smoothly, sinuously
- glideMove with effortless continuity
- weaveInterlace strands into fabric
- swayRock back and forth
- writheTwist body in pain
snake · slink · flow · wind · ripple · oscillation · undulate · coiling
Refined, graceful quality
- fluidityState of flowing freely
- smoothnessFreedom from irregularity
- sleeknessSmooth, lustrous quality
- languorWeary, dreamy fatigue
sensuousness · allure · litheness · poise · flow · refinement · delicacy · finesse
labyrinthine
Extremely complex and winding
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- tortuousFull of twists
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
tangled · meandering · winding · circuitous · byzantine · twisting · indirect · serpentine · devious · roundabout
curve
Smooth, angleless line
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- undulationRhythmic rise and fall
- meanderTo travel without direction
serpentine · coil · twist · bend · spiral · loop · contour · arc · convolution · curlicue
suppleness
Capacity to bend easily
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
- limbernessBodily flexibility
- bendabilityCapacity to flex
fluidity · elasticity · litheness · plasticity · give · softness · malleability · ductility · looseness
slither
Glide smoothly, sinuously
writhe · snake · slink · flow · wind · ripple · oscillation · undulate · coiling · twisting
elegance
Refined, graceful quality
- fluidityState of flowing freely
- smoothnessFreedom from irregularity
- sleeknessSmooth, lustrous quality
languor · sensuousness · allure · litheness · poise · flow · refinement · delicacy · finesse · charm
- cat traitssilky coat, coat, tabby pattern, claws, long-haired
- flexibilitystretch, elastic, bendy, stretchy, bendable
sinuousnessstraightness
Absence of curvature
linearity · directness · straight line · angularity · rigidity
sinuousnessstiffness
Resistance to deformation
rigidity · jerkiness · abruptness · awkwardness · angularity
sinuousnessdirectness
Quality of being straightforward
straightforwardness · forthrightness · bluntness · candor · plainness
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