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flexuous
[ flek-shoo-uhs ]
flexuous
/ ˈflɛksjʊəs; ˈflɛksjʊˌəʊs /
adjective
- full of bends or curves; winding
- variable; unsteady
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Derived Forms
- ˈflexuously, adverb
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Other Words From
- flexu·ous·ly adverb
- flexu·ous·ness noun
- sub·flexu·ous adjective
- sub·flexu·ous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flexuous1
C17: from Latin flexuōsus full of bends, tortuous, from flexus a bending; see flex
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Example Sentences
His very skin grew flexuous, and he found a pleasure in taking long steps such as he could not have accounted for by thought.
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Jake swung the little, flexuous club softly against his palm, and Gordon suddenly realized that the cripple intended to kill him.
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It is here rather taller, and the branches less flexuous than in the eastern states.
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The stem is covered with a fine mealy substance, straight or flexuous, sometimes reticulated above.
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Her flexuous and stealthy figure became an integral part of the scene.
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