downy

  • 61downy — adjective (downier; est) Date: 1578 1. resembling a bird s down 2. covered with down 3. made of down 4. soft, soothing …

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  • 62downy — downily, adv. downiness, n. /dow nee/, adj., downier, downiest. 1. of the nature of or resembling down; fluffy; soft. 2. made of down. 3. covered with down. 4. soft; soothing. [1540 50; DOWN2 + Y1] * * * …

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  • 63downy — Synonyms and related words: airy, artful, astute, attenuate, attenuated, bubbly, crafty, cunning, dainty, deep, delicate, ethereal, even, feathery, filmy, fine, fine drawn, fine grained, finespun, flat, fleecy, flossy, fluffy, foamy, frothy,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 64Downy — 1. person with Down syndrome; 2. clumsy, uncoordinated person (from Down (syndrome) + y) …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 65downy — Australian Slang 1. person with Down syndrome; 2. clumsy, uncoordinated person (from Down (syndrome) + y) …

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  • 66downy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fluffy, feathery, fleecy, flocculent, soft. See softness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. woolly, fleecy, fuzzy, fluffy, covered with soft hair or feathers, plumose, feathery, velvety, soft, pubescent,… …

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  • 67downy — down|y [ dauni ] adjective covered in very soft small hairs or feathers …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 68downy — down·y || daÊŠnɪ adj. fluffy, soft, of or resembling down …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 69downy — adjective (downier, downiest) 1》 covered with fine, soft hair or feathers.     ↘soft and fluffy. 2》 informal shrewd. Derivatives downily adverb downiness noun …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 70downy — adj 1. fluffy, feathery, plumose, furry; fleecy, fleece like, lanuginose or lanuginous; soft, smooth, silken, silky, satiny, velvety, vultinous. 2. hairy, pubescent, Bot., Entomol. tomentose, Bot. villous or villose. 3. soft, gentle, soothing,… …

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