wavelike

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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From wave + -like.

There was a wavelike motion, accompanied by a severe up and down shake," said J. R. Hand of the Hand Fruit Company of Los Angeles. — Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror, Trumbull White
Ruth had not taken the Point Pleasant dances seriously, but as day on day she stifled in a half-darkened flat that summer, she sometimes sobbed at the thought of the moon-path on the sea, the reflection of lights on the ball-room floor, the wavelike swish of music-mad feet. — The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life, Sinclair Lewis

crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavy

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