| ADJECTIVE | all | woolly, flocculent, wooly | having a fluffy character or appearance |
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| all | woolly, addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded | confused / confused and vague | |
| all | woolly, wooly, wooly-haired, woolly-haired | covered with dense often matted or curly hairs | |
| all | woolly, lanate | covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments |
| Sounds | wuh'liy | |
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| Rhymes | ably ... zealously: 1543 rhymes with liy... | |
| Meaning | Having a fluffy character or appearance. | |
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| Synonyms | flocculent, wooly | |
| Broader | soft | Yielding readily to pressure or weight |
| Spanish | lanar, lanoso, lanudo, lanuginoso | |
| Catalan | lanuginós, llanós, llanut | |
| Meaning | confused / confused and vague; used especially of thinking. | |
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| Synonyms | addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded | |
| Broader | confused | mentally confused / confused |
| Catalan | beneit, confús, ximplet | |
| Meaning | Covered with dense often matted or curly hairs. | |
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| Example | "woolly lambs" | |
| Synonyms | wooly, wooly-haired, woolly-haired | |
| Broader | hairy, haired, hirsute | Having or covered with hair |
| Spanish | lanoso | |
| Catalan | llanós | |
| Nouns | wool | outer coat of especially sheep and yaks |
| Meaning | Covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments. | |
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| Example | "the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton" | |
| Synonym | lanate | |
| Broader | hairy, haired, hirsute | Having or covered with hair |
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