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woolliness

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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.

woolli·ness n.
Translations
woolliness wooliness (US) [ˈwʊlɪnɪs] N
1. [of material, garment, sheep] → lanosidad f, lo lanoso
2. (= vagueness) [of ideas, thinking, essay] → vaguedad f, imprecisión f; [of person] → confusión f
woolliness, (US) wooliness
nWolligkeit f; (= softness also)Flauschigkeit f; (fig: of outline) → Verschwommenheit f; (pej, of mind, idea) → Verworrenheit f, → Wirrheit f


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