Downy

Quick meaning: Downy is an adjective meaning Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.

Meaning

Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.

More Meanings

1. (UK, Norfolk) Low-spirited; down in the mouth.
2. A blanket filled with down; a duvet.
3. (slang, dated) Sharp-witted, perceptive.
4. (slang, dated) A bed.

Example Sentences

to do the downy (i.e. lie in bed)

The chick's downy coat of feathers formed almost immediately to keep it warm.

I’m not clever, p’raps: but I am rather downy; and partial friends say I know what’s o’clock tolerably well.

Went to bed with 2 downies on the bed, but the heat finally kicked in and ended with one cover and my feet sticking out.

Word Forms

• downier
• downiest
• downies

Synonyms for downy

Depending on context, synonyms include soft, hirsute, sericeous, fluffy, pubescent, hairy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include downlike, puberulent, sericeous, hairy, hirsute, fluffy.

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