woolly
Use Woolly in a sentence
i adjective
1.
consisting of wool: a woolly fleece.
2.
resembling wool in texture or appearance: woolly hair.
3.
clothed or covered with wool or something resembling it: a woolly caterpillar.
4.
Botany. covered with a pubescence of long, soft hairs resembling wool.
5.
like the rough, vigorous atmosphere of the early West in America: wild and woolly.
noun
7.
Western U.S. a wool-bearing animal; sheep.
8.
Usually, woollies. a knitted undergarment of wool or other fiber.
9.
any woolen garment, as a sweater.
10.
Dialect. a dust ball.
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woolly or wooly (ˈwʊlɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , sometimes (US) woollier, woolliest, woolier, wooliest | |
| 1. | consisting of, resembling, or having the nature of wool |
| 2. | covered or clothed in wool or something resembling it |
| 3. | lacking clarity or substance: woolly thinking |
| 4. | botany covered with long soft whitish hairs: woolly stems |
| 5. | (US) recalling the rough and lawless period of the early West of America (esp in the phrase wild and woolly) |
| —n , woollier, woolliest, woolier, wooliest, woollies, woolies | |
| 6. | (often plural) a garment, such as a sweater, made of wool or something similar |
| 7. | (Western US), (Austral) (usually plural) an informal word for sheep |
| wooly or wooly | |
| —adj | |
| —n | |
| 'woollily or wooly | |
| —adv | |
| 'woolliness or wooly | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
He tugs a woolly toque over his long hair, zips up his army-surplus jacket, and puts on his heavy leather gloves.
Prairies also are present, with species such as cliff goldenrod, woolly milkweed and butterfly weed.
But poodles, what with those lovely woolly coats, are also particularly vulnerable to hot weather.
Having failed, the politicians last year approved a woolly resolution to do better.
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