adjective
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covered with soft fine hair or feathers
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light, soft, and fluffy
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made from or filled with down
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resembling downs; undulating
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slang sharp-witted; knowing
Other Word Forms
- downily adverb
- downiness noun
Etymology
Origin of downy
Example Sentences
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A nose peeked out—a tiny pink nose—and then two slanted-closed eyes, a forehead covered in downy fuzz, little ears still curled tight against its head.
From Literature
Countless tufts of floaty fluff drifted in the air and water around me like downy little showers of blessing.
From Literature
Only the quick rise of one delicate eyebrow, which then floated back down slowly, like a downy feather caught in the breeze, revealed her surprise at seeing them.
From Literature
They all watched as the downy tuft wafted hypnotically back and forth, back and forth, until it disappeared under the seat.
From Literature
It has been trying to restore the woodlands by introducing downy birch, sessile oak, hazel, willow, aspen and alder as well as endangered tree species such as Arran whitebeam.
From BBC
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