About The Word Downy
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Downy
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What's The Definition Of Downy?
[adj] (biology) covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"
[adj] like down or as soft as down Synonyms | Synonyms for Downy: downlike | flossy | fluffy | hairy | hirsute | puberulent | pubescent | sericeous | soft Related Terms | Find terms related to Downy: 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 | furry | fuzzy | gauzy | glabrate | glabrescent | glabrous | gossamer | gossamery | guileful | hirsute | imponderous | insidious | lanate | leger | leiotrichous | level | light | light as air | lighter than vanity | mousse | nappy | peachy | pinnate | plane | pubescent | refined | regular | satin | satiny | silky | sly | smooth | smooth-shaven | smooth-textured | souffle | suave | thin-spun | tricky | unbroken | unheavy | uniform | unrough | unroughened | unruffled | velutinous | velvety | volatile | weightless | wily | wiredrawn | woolly | yeasty See Also | Downy In Webster's Dictionary \Down"y\ (-[y^]), a.
1. Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs. ``A
downy feather.'' --Shak.
Plants that . . . have downy or velvet rind upon
their leaves. --Bacon.
2. Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft;
placid; soothing; quiet. ``A downy shower.'' --Keble.
``Downy pillow.'' --Pope.
Time steals on with downy feet. --Young.
3. Cunning; wary. [Slang, Eng.] --Latham.
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