Curly and Spiral

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Curly adjective - Forming or styled into loops.

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Spiral and curly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spiral" instead an adjective "Curly".

Nearby Words: curl, curled, curling, curler

Spiral adjective - Turning around an axis like the thread of a screw.

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Curly and spiral are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Curly" instead an adjective "Spiral".

Nearby Words: spiralling, spiralled, spire, spirally

Spiral hair, spiral feathers, spiral coattails, spiral plants, spiral embroidery... maybe he eats a lot of curly fries or something.

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Non-Standard Character Design: Julia has a simple spiral for hair instead of a more realistic hairstyle, a relic of the days when Peter drew all his girls with curly hair in order to distinguish them from boys.

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Kingdom Hearts calls it "Curly Hill", but if this poll is any indication, fans massively prefer "Spiral".

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