woolly (redirected from woolliest)

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 sometimes US, wooly [ˈwʊlɪ]

adj woollier, woolliest sometimes US, woolier wooliest

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) consisting of, resembling, or having the nature of wool

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) covered or clothed in wool or something resembling it

3. lacking clarity or substance woolly thinking

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany covered with long soft whitish hairs woolly stems

5. (Historical Terms) US recalling the rough and lawless period of the early West of America (esp in the phrase wild and woolly)

n pl woollies sometimes US, woolies

1. (Clothing & Fashion) (often plural) a garment, such as a sweater, made of wool or something similar

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Western US and Austral (usually plural) an informal word for sheep

woollily  adv

woolliness  n

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 She wore a woolly hat with pompoms.

2. vague, confused, clouded, blurred, unclear, muddled, fuzzy, indefinite, hazy, foggy, nebulous, ill-defined, indistinct It is no good setting vague, woolly goals - we need a specific aim.
vague clear, obvious, sharp, exact, precise, distinct, definite, clear-cut, well-defined

3. downy, hairy, shaggy, flocculent The plant has silvery, woolly leaves.

noun

sweater, jersey, jumper, pullover Bring a woolly - it can get cold here at night.

Translations

woolly wooly (US) [ˈwʊlɪ]

A. ADJ (woollier (compar) (woolliest (superl)))

1. [jumper etc] → de lana; [animal] → lanudo

2. (= vague) [ideas, thinking, essay] → vago, impreciso; [person] → confuso

B. N

1. (= sweater) → jersey m de lana

2. woollies woolies (US) (= clothing) → ropa f de lana

woolly [ˈwʊli] (British) wooly (US) adj

[hat, socks, jumper] → en laine woolly mammoth

(fig) (= vague) [ideas] → vaseux/euse; [thinking, person] → vaseux/euse
woolly mammoth n → mammouth m laineux

woolly, (US) wooly

adj (+er)

→ wollig; (= soft also) → flauschig; woolly mammoth (Zool) → Kältesteppenmammut m

(fig) outline → verschwommen; (pej) mind, thinking, idea → verworren, wirr; woolly thoughts → wirre Gedanken pl; a woolly liberal → ein sentimentaler Liberaler, eine sentimentale Liberale

n (inf: = sweater etc) → Pulli m (inf); winter woollies (esp Brit: = sweaters etc) → dicke Wollsachen pl (inf); (esp US: = underwear) → Wollene pl (inf)

woolly wooly (Am) [ˈwʊlɪ]

1. adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (jumper) → di lana (fig) (clouds) → come batuffoli; (ideas) → confuso/a, vago/a; (essay, book) → sul vago

2. n (fam) → indumento di lana