Downy

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  • adjective. Made of or covered with down.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Resembling down.
  • adjective. Quietly soothing; soft.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having downs; containing downs.
  • Covered with down or nap.
  • Having the character or structure of down; resembling down: as, downy plumage.
  • Made of down or soft feathers.
  • Soft; soothing; calm.
  • Knowing; cunning: as, a downy cove.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs.
  • adjective. Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet.
  • adjective. Cunning; wary.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. like down or as soft as down
  • adjective. covered with fine soft hairs or down
  • Word Usage
    "Benelli's UltraLight 12 gauge was the last word in downy-light autoloaders - until now."
    cross-reference
    soft  
    Equivalent
    haired  hairy  hirsute  soft  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brownie  Downey  Townie  brownie  county  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    downier  downiest