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woolly

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Synonyms: wholly, coolly, wooly, wolly, woolley, woodly, wooley

Antonyms: wholly, coolly, wooly, wolly, woolley, woodly, wooley

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Adjective

  1. Made of wool.
    • Put on a woolly jumper and turn down the thermostat.
  2. Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
    • woolly hair
    • There was nothing left in the fruit bowl but a brown banana and a couple of woolly pears.
  3. Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.
    • That's the sort of woolly thinking that causes wars to start.
  4. Clothed in wool.
  5. Cross; irritable.
  6. Uncivilized and unruly.
    • wild and woolly

Noun

  1. A sweater or similar garment made of wool.
  2. A sheep not yet shorn.
  3. A piece of woolwork.

Noun

  1. A woolly back; someone from the area around Liverpool, not from Liverpool itself.

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