Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,921,217,704 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

woolliness

   Also found in: Encyclopedia 0.01 sec.
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
n → Wolligkeit f; (= softness also) → Flauschigkeit f; (fig: of outline) → Verschwommenheit f; (pej, of mind, idea) → Verworrenheit f, → Wirrheit f
Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link 		Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Dictionary browser?   Full browser?
 
Another thing seems pretty clear, although with Ashton you never can tell, given that it is around his head that all the rumours of woolliness swirl.
In general terms, who's higher - Rob or Johnno? by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
The anticipatory and artistic imaginations omit and compress, they cut away the periods of boredom and direct our attention to critical moments and, without either lying or embellishing, thus lend to life vividness and a coherence that it may lack in the distracting woolliness of the present.
The Art of Travel and the Art of Writing by Bill Gottlieb / Writing and Speaking community
But more importantly, the subtitle of this paper emphasises that family ethnicity is an essentially fictional concept that not only relies on one increasingly problematic concept--"a family"--but adds into this discussion another idea, ethnicity, the woolliness of which is becoming increasing apparent.
"Family ethnicity": knitting a jumper using two woolly concepts by Callister, Paul; Didham, Robert; Newell, Jamie; Potter, Deborah / Social Policy Journal of New Zealand
 
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.