pillowy

[ pil-oh-ee ]

adjective

1. pillowlike; soft; yielding:

   a pillowy carpet.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pillowy¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; pillow + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Shirtless bros with pillowy lips and cargo pants pulled down to expose tufts of pubic hair.

From The Daily Beast

And now the same thing is happening with her signature pillowy, bouffant hairstyle, reports The Daily Mail.

From The Daily Beast

In not so many years, you can have a paid-off rental property, a nice, big pillowy 401(k), and a paid off home.

From The Daily Beast

His pillowy agglomerations of intensely colored cardboard are assembled inside forms that remind me of beds.

From The Daily Beast

Miss Ruey sank back pacified into her usual state of pillowy dependence; it was so much easier to be good-natured than to contend.

From Project Gutenberg

It ended as the bottom of the life-boat smacked squarely on the pillowy top of a rising swell.

From Project Gutenberg

There are no lumpish solidities—no pillowy protuberances here.

From Project Gutenberg

I went wafting off into a feather-pillowy pit of infinitude.

From Project Gutenberg