curliness

Questions about curliness

What does curliness mean?

curliness means "(of hair) a tendency to curl".

How many syllables are in curliness?

curliness has 3 syllables and divides as cur-li-ness under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for curliness?

Close synonyms include waviness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of curliness?

The recorded antonyms are straightness.

Is curliness a common word?

curliness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.