Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Downy \Down"y\ (-[y^]), a.
1. Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs. "A
downy feather." --Shak.
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Plants that . . . have downy or velvet rind upon
their leaves. --Bacon.
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2. Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft;
placid; soothing; quiet. "A downy shower." --Keble. "Downy
pillow." --Pope.
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Time steals on with downy feet. --Young.
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3. Cunning; wary. [Slang, Eng.] --Latham.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
downy
adj 1: like down or as soft as down [syn: {downy}, {downlike},
{flossy}, {fluffy}]
2: covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"
[syn: {downy}, {pubescent}, {puberulent}, {sericeous}]
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