Woolly Definition

wyo͝olē
woolies, wooliest, woollier, woollies, woolliest
adjective
woollier, woolliest
Of or like wool.
Webster's New World
Bearing wool.
Webster's New World
Covered with wool or something resembling wool in texture.
Webster's New World
Lacking sharp detail or clarity.
Woolly television reception.
American Heritage
Having characteristics of the early frontier life of the W U.S.; rough and uncivilized.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
woollies
A sheep.
Webster's New World
A woolen garment, esp. one with a fleecelike surface.
Webster's New World
Long underwear made of wool.
Webster's New World

(Liverpudlian, pejorative) Someone not born in Liverpool (especially from the towns of Wigan, St Helen's, Widnes, Warrington and Runcorn).

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Other Word Forms of Woolly

Noun

Singular:
woolly
Plural:
woollies

Adjective

Base Form:
woolly
Comparative:
woollier
Superlative:
woolliest

Origin of Woolly

  • From wool +"Ž -y.

    From Wiktionary

  • From woolyback.

    From Wiktionary

Woolly Sentence Examples

  • There is also a thick woolly under-fur, shed in summer, when the whole coat comes off in blanket-like masses.

  • It should be added that young Asiatic elephants often show considerable traces of the woolly coat of the mammoth.

  • Their hair is not woolly but straight and long.

  • The Russian setter has a woolly and matted coat.

  • They are black, with woolly hair, and in their eyes and countenances there is something quite frightful ....

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Words Starting With

WWOWOO

Words Ending With

YLYLLY

Unscrambles

woolly

Words Starting With W and Ending With Y

Starts With W & Ends With YStarts With WO & Ends With YStarts With W & Ends With LY

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With W6 Letter Words Ending With Y