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Sinuous

Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.

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Curved 84% connected

of Curve

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Curved 84% connected

of Curve

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Curving 84% connected

of Curve

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Curving 84% connected

of Curve

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Graceful 84% connected

Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Graceful 84% connected

Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sinuosity 74% connected

Quality or state of being sinuous.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sinuosity 74% connected

Quality or state of being sinuous.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Suppleness 74% connected

The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Suppleness 74% connected

The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lissom 92% connected

Alt. of Lissome

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Lissome 92% connected

Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lithe 92% connected

To listen or listen to; to hearken to.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lithesome 92% connected

Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble; lissom.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sinuate 92% connected

To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinusous.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Supple 92% connected

Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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