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adjective
- 1. covered with fine, soft hair or feathers: "the baby's downy cheek"
- 2. (of a person) shrewd; sharp: dated "I told you she was a downy one"
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Downy is an adjective that means resembling a bird's down, covered with or made of down, or soft and soothing. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases from Merriam-Webster.
Downy means filled with feathers or covered with soft thin hair. Learn how to use this adjective with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.
Things that are downy are very soft and fluffy. Babies are sometimes born with little tufts of downy hair on their heads. A teenage boy who wants to grow a beard will be frustrated by the downy hairs on his chin, and you could also describe the feeling of a peach as downy.
Downy means filled with feathers or covered with soft thin hair. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences and see its pronunciation and translations in different languages.
Downy means covered with soft fine hair or feathers, or light, soft, and fluffy. It can also mean made from or filled with down, or resembling downs or undulating.
Downy means made of or covered with down, or resembling down in softness or fluffiness. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of the word downy in different languages and dictionaries.
Definition of downy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
