woolly (redirected from woollier)

wool·ly also wool·y  (wl)

adj. wool·li·er also wool·i·er, wool·li·est also wool·i·est

1.

a. Relating to, consisting of, or covered with wool.

b. Resembling wool.

2.

a. Lacking sharp detail or clarity: woolly television reception.

b. Mentally or intellectually disorganized or unclear: woolly thinking.

3. Having the characteristics of the rough, generally lawless atmosphere of the American frontier: wild and woolly.

n. pl. wool·lies also wool·ies

1. A garment made of wool, especially an undergarment of knitted wool.

2. Australian A sheep.

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woolli·ness n.

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woolly or US wooly

Adjective

[-lier, -liest]

1. made of or like wool

2. confused or indistinct: woolly ideas

Noun

pl -lies

a woollen garment, such as a sweater

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	woolly - having a fluffy character or appearance flocculent, wooly soft - yielding readily to pressure or weight
	2.	woolly - confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas" muddled, woolly-headed, wooly-minded, wooly, muzzy, addled, befuddled confused - mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"
	3.	woolly - covered with dense often matted or curly hairs; "woolly lambs" woolly-haired, wooly-haired, wooly haired, hairy, hirsute - having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"
	4.	woolly - covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments; "the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton" lanate haired, hairy, hirsute - having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"

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woolly U.S. (sometimes) wooly

adjective 1. woollen, fleecy, made of wool

adjective 2. vague, confused, clouded, blurred, unclear, muddled, fuzzy, indefinite, hazy, foggy, nebulous, ill-defined, indistinct << OPPOSITE precise

3. downy, hairy, shaggy, flocculent

noun 4. sweater, jersey, jumper, pullover

Translations

woolly, wooly (US) [ˈwulɪ] adj → de lana;

(fig) [ideas] → confuso

woolly (US), wooly [ˈwulɪ] wool adj → laineux/euse (fig) [ideas] → confus(e)

woolly (US) wooly [ˈwulɪ] wool adj [socks, hat etc] → Woll- (fig) [ideas] → schwammig; [person] → verworren

n (pullover) → Wollpullover m

woolly (US), wooly [ˈwulɪ] adj → lanoso/a;

(fig) [ideas] → confuso/a