wavier; waviest
1
: rising or swelling in waves
also
: abounding in waves
wavy hair
2
: moving with an undulating motion : fluctuating
also
: marked by wavering
wavy lines
3
: marked by undulation : rolling
Examples of wavy in a Sentence
She has wavy blond hair.
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Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 23 Dec. 2025
Twas the night before Christmas — and at Colossal Biosciences, the holiday spirit arrived with whiskers, wavy fur and a surprising dose of science.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
Finally, the wavy jet stream became locked in place by persistent high-pressure systems, anchoring storm tracks over the same regions.
—Shuang-Ye Wu, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
Germanene behaves like graphene but is made of a single layer of germanium atoms arranged in a slightly wavy sheet.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Wavy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wavy. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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