Another word for downy

downy Synonyms

downy

modif.

woolly, fleecy, fuzzy, fluffy, covered with soft hair or feathers, plumose, feathery, velvety, soft, pubescent, silky; see also light 5, soft 2.

Antonyms rough*, hard, bald.

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They are frequently covered with a resinous matter, as in balsam-poplar and horsechestnut, or by a thick downy covering as in the willow.
The princess said nothing, but suddenly her short downy lip quivered.
Her eyes were smiling expectantly, her downy lip rose and remained lifted in childlike happiness.
Across, which are downy beneath, its downy twigs and its prominently ribbed fruit.
The large, downy peaches would reach themselves into my hand, and as the joyous breezes flew about the trees the apples tumbled at my feet.

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