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downy
/ ˈdaʊnɪ /
adjective
- covered with soft fine hair or feathers
- light, soft, and fluffy
- made from or filled with down
- resembling downs; undulating
- slang.sharp-witted; knowing
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Derived Forms
- ˈdowniness, noun
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Other Words From
- downi·ly adverb
- downi·ness noun
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Example Sentences
"Then the rainiest June since the 1950s helped the spread of downy and powdery mildew" he told The Telegraph.
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So with a fearful growl, and a bark that might have frightened a lion, Bravo made a leap and a spring after poor little Downy.
From Project Gutenberg
The nests are composed of the downy mosses of plants fastened together with the fibres of flax.
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Downy dainty pompons of smoke burst out in the heavens below it and above it and all about it.
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The breast feathers of the turkey and the downy feathers of the eagle are attached to the sticks.
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Every downy-faced youth among the whites expected him to salute him as a king: he, the descendant of kings.
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