Downy
['daʊnɪ] or ['daʊni]
Definition
(adj.) covered with fine soft hairs or down; 'downy milkweed seeds' .
(adj.) like down or as soft as down .
Typed by Edwina--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs.
(a.) Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet.
(a.) Cunning; wary.
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Examples
- Although the cotton is now a white, soft, clean, downy sheet, still the fibres cross each other in every direction, and they require to be straightened and laid parallel before the spinning. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Oh, you're a downy fellow, Steerforth, so you are, and I'm another, ain't I? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The tree is distinguished by the great thickness and sponginess of its bark, and by the leaves being evergreen, oblong, somewhat oval, downy underneath, and waved. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Her face was round and rosy, with a healthful downy softness, suggestive of a ripe peach. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mr. Wilson's mind was one of those that may not unaptly be represented by a bale of cotton,--downy, soft, benevolently fuzzy and confused. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And he's the downiest one of the lot! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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