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# curliness

«curliness» in Mova's school dictionary: **The quality of being curly, having curls or twists: «the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (curliness; uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The quality of being curly, having curls or twists: «the curliness of her hair». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curliness/#m1)

2) How much something bends or curls, such as a pig's tail, a fern or ribbon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curliness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and descriptive writing, it describes hair, fur or leaves. In science lessons on inheritance, curliness of hair is a trait that can run in families; hair is curly partly because of the shape of the hair follicle (oval follicles make curlier hair). Phrases: «the curliness of», «natural curliness».

### examples

- The curliness of her hair grew in the rainy weather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curliness/#x1)
- My dog's curliness means he doesn't shed much fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curliness/#x2)
- Damp air increases the curliness of my hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curliness/#x3)
- The curliness of the pig's tail made us laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curliness/#x4)
- Hair curliness can run in families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curliness/#x5)
- The ribbon kept its curliness after we pulled it with the scissors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curliness/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Made from «curly» + -ness; the y changes to i: curly → curliness. Similar: waviness, frizziness. The opposite is straightness.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «curliness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curliness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.