sinuos1ty

[Fr. sinuosité.] 1. The quality or state of being sinuous, or of bending or winding in and out. "Meander is a river in Lycia, a province of Natolia, or Asia Minor, famous for the sinuosity and often returning thereof."-Drayton: Rosamond to K. Henry . (Annot.) 2. A series of bends or curves in arches or other irregular figures; a bend, a curve, a wavy line. "Their sinuosities and turnings become more numer. ous as they proceed." -Goldsmith: Animated Nature , pt. i., ch. xiv. sin-u-ous, a . [Fr. sinueux , from Lat. sinuosus , from sinus =a curve.) Bending or curving in and out; winding, crooked, meandering, serpentine. "And with the imagination be content, Not wishing more; repining not to tread The little sinuous path of earthly care." Words worth: Excursion, bk. iii. sin'-u-oŭs-ly, adv. [Eng. sinuous; -ly.] In a sinuous manner; in bends or curves.