curvey

English

Etymology

From curve +‎ -y.

Adjective

curvey

1. Rare form of curvy.
   • 1952, Robert Strausz-Hupé, “Western Dialectic”, in The Zone of Indifference, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →LCCN, pages 284–285:

     These radical reversals of high policy and the attendant about face of the mass media, operated with surprising facility, are new milestones on the curvey road of “extreme solutions” pursued by the West.

   • 1966 May, Henny Youngman, 400 Traveling Salesmen’s Jokes, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, published 1967 June, →OCLC, page 101:

     Relatives of the late millionaire were gathered for the reading of the will, and at the far corner of the room was seated the curvey blonde who had served as his secretary for the past two years.

   • 1998, Keith B. Saunders, Myall Road, Canberra, A.C.T.: Aboriginal Studies Press, →ISBN, page 97:

     Feeling the adrenalin pumping, I caught a cab to see the beautiful curvey blonde that I was kicking a goal with, named Terry.

   • 2016, Paul Tremblay, Disappearance at Devil’s Rock: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN, page 72:

     The vids were kind of dumb but fun, not scary or gory, and there wasn’t much math to it, really, just some graphs with curvey lines, yeah, so the vids, not much help.

References

• “curvy”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present: “or curv·ey”