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curved
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bowed, bent |
| Synonyms: | S-shaped, arced, arched, arciform, arrondi, biflected, circular, compass, crooked, curly, curvaceous, curvilinear, declinate, elliptical, enbowed, humped, incurvate, incurved, looped, loopy, round, rounded, serpentine, sigmoid, sinuous, skewed, snaky, sweeping, swirly, turned, twisted, twisting, twisty, wreathed |
| Antonyms: | straight |
| Concept: | [Relative quantity] Degree. |
| Category: | 1. SIMPLE QUANTITY |
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-adjectives
comparative; gradual, shading off; within the bounds (limit).
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| Concept: | Distance. |
| Category: | 1. GENERAL DIMENSIONS |
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-adjectives
distant; far off, far away; remote, telescopic, distal, wide of; stretching to; yon, yonder; ulterior; transmarine, transpontine, transatlantic, transalpine; tramontane; ultramontane, ultramundane; hyperborean, antipodean; inaccessible, out of the way; unapproached, unapproachable; incontiguous.
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| Antonyms: | nearness |
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| Concept: | Freedom. |
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free, free as air; out of harness, independent, at large, loose, scot-free; left alone, left to oneself., in full swing; uncaught, unconstrained, unbuttoned, unconfined, unrestrained, unchecked, unprevented, unhindered, unobstructed, unbound, uncontrolled, untrammeled., unsubject, ungoverned, unenslaved, unenthralled, unchained, unshackled, unfettered, unreined, unbridled, uncurbed, unmuzzled., unrestricted, unlimited, unconditional; absolute; discretionary (optional)., unassailed, unforced, uncompelled., unbiassed, spontaneous., free and easy; at ease, at one's ease; degage, quite at home; wanton, rampant, irrepressible, unvanquished.
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| Antonyms: | subjection |
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| Concept: | Jurisdiction. [Executive.] |
| Category: | 5. Institutions |
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-adjectives
executive, administrative, municipal; inquisitorial, causidical; judicatory, judiciary, judicial; juridical.
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| Concept: | Length. |
| Category: | 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS |
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-adjectives
long, longsome; lengthy, wiredrawn, outstretched; lengthened; sesquipedalian (words); interminable, no end of; macrocolous., linear, lineal; longitudinal, oblong., as long as my arm, as long as today and tomorrow; unshortened (shorten [more]).
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| Antonyms: | shortness |
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| Concept: | Limit. |
| Category: | 3. Centrical dimensions; general |
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-adjectives
definite; conterminate, conterminable; terminal, frontier; bordering.
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