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What is the adjective for arching?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb arch which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

arch
  1. Knowing, clever, mischievous.
  2. Principal; primary.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. chief, principal, leading, main, foremost, primary, supreme, predominant, premier, paramount, central, dominant, key, first, highest, cardinal, preeminent, greatest, overriding, capital, master, grand, sovereign, top, major, great, primal, overbearing, big, overmastering, sovran, head, prior, superior, consummate, champion, number one, numero uno, prime, pre-eminent, most important, lead, essential, important, vital, prominent, ruling, outstanding, commanding, ultimate … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Wallace has been an arch supporter of conservation, whether it affected trees or game.”
      “They accordingly set out together, Lucy smiling with an arch look on her face as they took their departure.”
      “In its mannered stylization, Down With Love could be perceived as so arch as to be unfunny, and a cynical attempt to exploit style at the expense of substance.”
archy
  1. Resembling an arch; having arches; arched; arching
  2. Examples:
      3. “He understood the hier archy of values that defied the ever-increasing requirements of cost-benefit thinking.”
      “Sir Archy was distanced in the first two heats, but salvaged the final heat.”
      “Archy is the fair country boy and an idealist, though he is not presented as a goody two shoes.”
arching
  1. (nautical) hogging, opposed to sagging
  2. Synonyms:
      3. arced, bowed, curved, arched, rounded, bent, vaulted, bending, arciform, arcuate, arcuated, curvilinear, falcate, crescent, semicircular, concave, convex, hemispherical, hooked, crescentic, crescentiform, looped, round, hornlike, lunate, sickle-shaped, bow-shaped, crescent-shaped, twisted, crooked, sinuous, tortuous, angled, inclined, pretzeled, kinky, kinked, turned, domed, aquiline, falciform, embowed, humped, declinate, flexural, curviform, curvaceous, swirly, circular, compass … more
archer
  1. comparative form of arch: more arch
  2. Synonyms:
      3. higher, graver, more urgent, more critical, more important, more considerable, more uppermost, more elevated, more crucial, more essential, more necessary, seriouser, more vital, weightier, more significant, more consequential, more momentous, acuter, more exigent, more pressing, more major, more far-reaching, more substantial, more pivotal, direr, more decisive, heavier, more profound, severer, more burning, more imperative, more key, more material, more monumental, more compelling, more desperate, more historic, more drastic, bigger, greater, more portentous, more eventful, more solemn, more heavy-duty, more fundamental, earnester, more meaningful, more importunate, intenser, more necessitous … more
archivolted
  1. (architecture) Furnished with archivolts.
archlike
  1. Having the form of an arch
archless
  1. Lacking arches.
arched
  1. Curved.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. curved, bowed, rounded, bent, vaulted, domed, semicircular, embowed, hemispherical, round, testudinate, arced, arciform, convex, curvilinear, circular, hooked, orbicular, coiled, curled, looped, globular, rotund, twisted, crooked, spherical, bending, arcuate, concave, oval, elliptical, humped, bulbous, globose, falcate, discoid, annular, angled, cylindrical, orbiculate, crescent, arching, ringed, domical, orbed, arcuated, egg-shaped, disk-shaped, spheroid, curvy … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “On three floors, a curving stone staircase leads from the hall to the first floor where the principal bedroom has an elegant bay of arched sash windows.”
archest
  1. superlative form of arch: most arch
  2. Synonyms:
      3. supremest, grandest, greatest, biggest, most principal, most leading, most primary, most predominant, most central, most dominant, most key, most cardinal, most sovereign, most major, most overbearing, most overmastering, most sovran, most consummate, most essential, most important, most vital, most prominent, most commanding, most outstanding, most crucial, most fundamental, most uppermost, most pivotal, most topmost, most prevailing, most supereminent, highest, most basic, most prevalent, most critical, most notable, most controlling, most preponderant, most salient, most peerless, most transcendent, most matchless, most eminent, most incomparable, most influential, most famous, most renowned, most ascendant, most illustrious, most stellar … more
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