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English Dictionary: sinuous by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sinuous
adj
  1. curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines" [syn: sinuate, sinuous, wiggly]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sinuous \Sin"u*ous\, a. [L. sinuosus, fr. sinus a bent surface,
      a curve: cf. F. sinueux. See {Sinus}.]
      Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form;
      winding; crooked. -- {Sin"u*ous*ly}, adv.
  
               Streaking the ground with sinuous trace. --Milton.
  
               Gardens bright with sinuous rills.         --Coleridge.
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