woolily

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/ˈwʊlɪli/

adverb

In a wooly manner; with a wooly appearance.

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Meanings

adverbwoolily (comparative more woolily, superlative most woolily)

comparative more woolily · superlative most woolily · alternative woollily

  1. In a wooly manner; with a wooly appearance.

    I think of certain genial, lonely, irregular squares, more or less planted with pollarded sycamores, just then woolily tufted with their leaf-buds

    1885, William Dean Howells, The Century, page 892

Origin

From wooly + -ly.

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woolily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woolily

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“woolily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woolily. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woolily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woolily.

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