Used in a Sentence

wavy

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for wavy.

Editorial note

There are so many things you are not taught there or are in a hand-wavy fashion.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Full of waves.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of wavy gathered in one view.

adjective

Full of waves.

adjective

Rising or swelling in waves.

adjective

Moving to and fro; undulating.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for wavy.

Example sentences

1

There are so many things you are not taught there or are in a hand-wavy fashion.

2

Though extreme motion even without a visual disconnect, especially wavy or circular motion, can do it to people who are sensitive.

3

Yes, this is all very hand-wavy, but cut me some slack, it's Sunday!

4

Leaving them out makes an already fairly hand-wavy analysis less than useful.

5

I've asked many many physicists this very same question, and none could answer me (or I've gotten hand-wavy non answers).

6

This is a hypothetical and hand-wavy argument)—they should not be kept in zoos against their will, and (more pertinently) not be killed for our sustenance/experiments/gratification.

7

What a horribly short, vague, woo-woo and hand-wavy bit of fluff-nothing.

8

This is the most hand-wavy, unrigorous talk on a distributed database I've ever seen.

9

They're dangerously obsolete for the purpose of content-authenticity, and any reliance upon them (under hand-wavy conditions) serves to block the migration to available hashes that would actually work.

10

That seems super wand wavy and ambiguous.

11

So wavy, when all I wanted was a straight line!

12

I found the article to be a bit hand wavy.

Quote examples

1

Dismissal of all answers as "hand-wavy" does not actually make your non-argument more compelling.

2

With Call9, EMTs can begin work right away upon arrival." This is, as someone else noted, a very hand wavy, dismissive and inaccurate description.

3

I actually did want to revise that section before submitting, but as usual, the deadline came first and that section remained in my opinion one of the most "hand-wavy" ones.

4

Well it definitely seems to solve more problems for me than it creates, and saying those problems will only be apparent years down the road is not only impossible to argue against, it's a hand wavy cop out of "Trust me, its just bad!

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use wavy in a sentence?

There are so many things you are not taught there or are in a hand-wavy fashion.

What does wavy mean?

Full of waves.

What part of speech is wavy?

wavy is commonly used as adjective.