a. [f. CURVE sb. + -LESS.] Without a curve.

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1865.  Walton’s Morn. Jrnl., 27 Sept., 1/3. His mouth is the curveless, tightly closed Indian mouth.

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1885.  B. Harte, Maruja, i. Her straight, curveless mouth.

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1890.  Illustr. Lond. News, 11 Oct., 466/2. The curveless, cornerless, inevitable ‘thoroughfare’ lengthening out before him.

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