Cottony

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  • adjective. Of or resembling cotton; fluffy.
  • adjective. Covered with fibers resembling cotton; nappy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Like cotton; downy; nappy. Also formerly cottonous.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having some characteristics of cotton; soft and fluffy
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. resembling cotton; as soft as cotton
  • Word Usage
    "That like a broken purpose waste in air; and dappled with hanging mists, white as snow, and 'sun-clouds,' as the natives term the cottony nimbus -- is easily mistaken, in the dim light of dawn, for a line of towering cliffs."
    Equivalent
    soft  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    downy  nappy  woolly