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1. (adj.) downy
of or like down; soft.
2. downy
covered with down.
3. downy
soothing.
Etymology: (1540–50)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) downy, downlike, flossy, fluffy
like down or as soft as down
2. (adj) downy, pubescent, puberulent, sericeous
covered with fine soft hairs or down
"downy milkweed seeds"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) downy
covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs
2. (adj) downy
made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet
3. (adj) downy
cunning; wary
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Sense: soft, like feathers
the baby's downy hair.
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 Afrikaans: donserig, donsagtig |
 Arabic: ناعِم كالرّيش |
 Bulgarian: пухест |
 Brazilian: macio |
 Czech: hebký |
 German: flaumig |
 Danish: dunet |
 Greek: πουπουλένιος, απαλός |
 Spanish: aterciopelado |
 Estonian: sulgpehme |
 Farsi: نرم |
 Finnish: hyvin pehmeä |
 French: duveteux |
 Hebrew: פְּלוּמָתִי |
 Hindi: मुलायम बाल |
 Croatian: paperjast, mekan |
 Hungarian: pelyhes |
 Indonesian: lembut |
 Icelandic: dún-; dúnmjúkur |
 Italian: morbido |
 Japanese: やわらかい |
 Korean: 솜털 같은 |
 Lithuanian: švelnus kaip pūkas |
 Latvian: pūkains |
 Malay: berbulu halus |
 Dutch: donzig |
 Norwegian: dunbløt, dun- |
 Polish: puszysty |
 Persian: نرم |
 Pashto: نرم |
 Portuguese: macio |
 Romanian: pufos |
 Russian: мягкий |
 Slovak: jemný |
 Slovenian: puhast |
 Serbian: paperjast |
 Swedish: dunig, fjunig |
 Thai: ที่ปกคลุมด้วยขนที่อ่อนนุ่ |
 Turkish: tüy gibi |
 Taiwanese: 像絨羽般柔軟的 |
 Ukrainian: пухнастий; м'який, як пух |
 Urdu: رویں کی طرح نرم |
 Vietnamese: mềm như lông |
 Chinese: 绒毛的 |
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