flexuous

American  

[flek-shoo-uhs] / ˈflɛk ʃu əs /

adjective

1. full of bends or curves; sinuous.

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flexuous British  

/ ˈflɛksjʊəs, ˈflɛksjʊˌəʊs /

adjective

1. full of bends or curves; winding

2. variable; unsteady

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Other Word Forms

• flexuously adverb
• flexuousness noun
• subflexuous adjective
• subflexuously adverb

Etymology

Origin of flexuous

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin flexuōsus “full of turns, winding, crooked,” equivalent to flexu(s) ( see flex ¹) + -ōsus -ous

Example Sentences

Auden wanted to steer the art away from truth-claims and toward something more flexuous and subtle—a mode, not a message.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2013

P. rigid; s. slender, slightly flexuous; g. nearly free, fuscous-umber.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 2-3 cm. conical then convex, yellow-brown, disc darkest; g. broadly adnate, broad, purple-umber, edge whitish; s. 5-6 cm. flexuous, pale, hollow; sp. obliquely elliptical, warted, 9-10 � 5-6. atrobrunnea, Lasch.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Crown of 5 free membranaceous leaflets, which are truncate or obscurely lobed at the apex, where they bear a pair of flexuous awns united at base.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

P. 2-3 cm. campan. obtuse, slightly striate, hygr., rugulose, atomate, pale ochre, whitish, or tinged rose when dry; g. adnate, broad; s. 4-5 cm. slightly flexuous, white, apex scurfy; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George