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English adjective: woolly | |||
| 1. | woolly having a fluffy character or appearance | ||
| Synonyms | flocculent, wooly | ||
| Similar | soft | ||
| Antonyms | hard | ||
| 2. | woolly confused and vague; used especially of thinking | ||
| Samples | Muddleheaded ideas. Your addled little brain. Woolly thinking. Woolly-headed ideas. | ||
| Synonyms | addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly-headed, wooly, wooly-minded | ||
| Similar | confused | ||
| Antonyms | clear-thinking, clearheaded | ||
| 3. | woolly covered with dense often matted or curly hairs | ||
| Samples | Woolly lambs. | ||
| Synonyms | woolly-haired, wooly, wooly-haired | ||
| Similar | haired, hairy, hirsute | ||
| Antonyms | hairless | ||
| 4. | woolly covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments | ||
| Samples | The woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton. | ||
| Synonyms | lanate | ||
| Similar | haired, hairy, hirsute | ||
| Antonyms | hairless | ||
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