adjective.
Having some characteristics of cotton; soft and fluffy
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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."