Fluffy
['flʌfɪ] or ['flʌfi]
Definition
(superl.) Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy.
Editor: Paula
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Nappy, downy.
Typed by Joan
Examples
- Formerly, the opening machines were simply cylinders armed with spikes, to which the cotton was led through nipping rollers, and then delivered in a loose, fluffy condition. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Whereas without him, as you see, she is a mere stray, a fluffy sporadic bit of chaos. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- At Birkin's table was a girl with dark, soft, fluffy hair cut short in the artist fashion, hanging level and full almost like the Egyptian princess's. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The first who entered was a little Ribston pippin of a man, with ruddy cheeks and fluffy white side-whiskers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The doughy mass which goes into the oven, comes out a light spongy loaf; the small indigestible rice grain comes out the swollen, fluffy, digestible grain. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Now you are deliciously fluffy, Pa, and in a state to astonish the waiter and pay the bill. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A crouching, fluffy, brownish-grey cat was stealing up the side of the fence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The present Barnacle, holding Mr Clennam's card in his hand, had a youthful aspect, and the fluffiest little whisker, perhaps, that ever was seen. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Editor: Lyle