DOWNIEST

DOWNY

downy, pubescent, puberulent, sericeous

(adjective) covered with fine soft hairs or down; “downy milkweed seeds”

downy, downlike, flossy, fluffy

(adjective) like down or as soft as down

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

downiest

superlative form of downy: most downy

Anagrams

• Wodenist, tiedowns, ties down

Source: Wiktionary


DOWNY

Down"y, a.

1. Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs. "A downy feather." Shak. Plants that . . . have downy or velvet rind upon their leaves. Bacon.

2. Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet. "A downy shower." Keble. "Downy pillow." Pope. Time steals on with downy feet. Young.

3. Cunning; wary. [Slang, Eng.] Latham.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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