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Curly vs Purly - What's the difference?

curly | purly |

As nouns the difference between curly and purly

is that curly is a person or animal with curly hair while purly is obsolete spelling of purlieu.

As an adjective curly

is having curls.

As an adverb purly is

obsolete spelling of purely.

curly

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having curls.

    • Derived terms

    * curly top

    Noun

    (curlies)
  • a person or animal with curly hair.

    • See also

    * short and curlies

    purly

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Adverb

    (head)