Woolly - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈwʊlɪ|
Brit.
|ˈwʊlɪ|
adjective
- having a fluffy character or appearance (syn: wooly)
- confused and vague; used especially of thinking (syn: addled, befuddled, muzzy, wooly)
- confused and vague; used especially of thinking (syn: addled, befuddled, muzzy, wooly)
woolly thinking
woolly-headed ideas
- covered with dense often matted or curly hairs (syn: wooly)woolly-headed ideas
woolly lambs
- covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments (syn: lanate)the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton
Extra examples
...the dog's woolly coat will require a lot of grooming...
...still had a water bed and a woolly coverlet on top of it...
Get out your winter woollies.
He gave a rather woolly argument.
You'll need your winter woollies!
...the indubitable fact that there are no more woolly mammoths or saber-toothed tigers around...
Word forms
noun
singular: woolly
plural: woollies
singular: woolly
plural: woollies
adjective
comparative: woollier
superlative: woolliest
comparative: woollier
superlative: woolliest
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