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woolly

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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.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.woolly - having a fluffy character or appearance
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"
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"
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"
haired, hairy, hirsute - having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"

woolly U.S. (sometimes) wooly
adjective 1. woollen, fleecy, made of wool
Translations
Spanish woolly, wooly (US) [ˈwulɪ] adjde lana;
(fig) [ideas] → confuso

French woolly (US), wooly [ˈwulɪ] wool adjlaineux/euse (fig) [ideas] → confus(e)
German woolly (US) wooly [ˈwulɪ] wool adj [socks, hat etc] → Woll- (fig) [ideas] → schwammig; [person] → verworren
n (pullover) → Wollpullover m

Italian woolly (US), wooly [ˈwulɪ] adjlanoso/a;
(fig) [ideas] → confuso/a

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At times, from weakness, his head drooped and rested on the woolly pate.
By this time, Master George had arrived at that pass to which even a boy can come (under uncommon circumstances, when he really could not eat another morsel), and, therefore, he was at leisure to notice the pile of woolly heads and glistening eyes which were regarding their operations hungrily from the opposite corner.
They could then see the faint summer fogs in layers, woolly, level, and apparently no thicker than counterpanes, spread about the meadows in detached remnants of small extent.
 
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