downy

About 0.47 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.

   The chick's downy coat of feathers formed almost immediately to keep it warm.

2. adjective Sharp-witted, perceptive.
3. adjective Low-spirited; down in the mouth.
4. noun A blanket filled with down; a duvet.
5. noun A bed.

   to do the downy (i.e. lie in bed)

Similar words

downlike puberulent sericeous hairy hirsute fluffy pubescent soft flossy stupulose

Often followed by

mildew woodpecker young feathers hair and mildews woodpeckers hairs

Word family

downier downiest