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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Downy \Down"y\ (-[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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
downy
adj 1: like down or as soft as down [syn: {downlike}, {flossy}, {fluffy}]
2: (biology) covered with fine soft hairs or down "downy
milkweed seeds" [syn: {pubescent}, {puberulent}, {sericeous}]
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