CURLINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does curliness mean? 

• CURLINESS (noun)
  The noun CURLINESS has 1 sense:

1. (of hair) a tendency to curl

  Familiarity information: CURLINESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CURLINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of hair) a tendency to curl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

curliness; waviness

Hypernyms ("curliness" is a kind of...):

curvature; curve (the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface)

Attribute:

curly ((of hair) having curls or waves)

straight ((of hair) having no waves or curls)

Antonym:

straightness ((of hair) lack of a tendency to curl)

Derivation:

curly ((of hair) having curls or waves)