different between wurly vs curly

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w??li?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?li/
• Homophone: wurley
• Hyphenation: wur?ly

Etymology 1

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Adjective

wurly (comparative wurlier or more wurly, superlative wurliest or most wurly)

1. (Northern England (Yorkshire), Scotland) Of an object: derisorily small, tiny; of a person: puny, stunted.
2. (Scotland) gnarled, knotted; wizened, wrinkled.

Synonyms

• (derisorily small): dinky, petty, puny; see also Thesaurus:small or Thesaurus:tiny
• (gnarled, knotted): gnarly, knobbly, knobby, knotty
• (wizened, wrinkled): bewrinkled, rugose, wrinkly; see also Thesaurus:wrinkled

Alternative forms

• wirly
• wurlie (Scotland)

Etymology 2

Variant of wurley.

Noun

wurly (plural wurlies)

1. (chiefly South Australia) Alternative spelling of wurley.

English

Etymology

From curl +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??li/
• Rhymes: -??(?)li

Adjective

curly (comparative curlier, superlative curliest)

1. Having curls.
2. (typography) Curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)
3. Complicated and difficult; knotty.

Derived terms

• curliness
• curlily
• curly brace
• curly apostrophe
• curly bracket
• curly cuh
• curly kale
• curly quote
• curly top
• curlyhead
• uncurly

Translations

Noun

curly (plural curlies)

1. a person or animal with curly hair.

Translations

See also

• short and curlies