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View definitions for downiness

downiness

noun as in hairiness

noun as in lightness

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Example Sentences

Plum or plump, as applied to a bed, would certainly convey the idea of softness or downiness.

Never was a bed so sweetly smoothed to the downiness of a swan's breast!

The downiness noticed on the underside of the Bullace leaves is here restricted to the ribs of the leaf.

The habit of the shrub is densely bushy, and the foliage has a greyish green colour from its downiness.

The variety may also be known by the downiness of the young leaves, the calyx-tube, and the stalks.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to downiness, such as: bristliness, fluffiness, hirsuteness, pilosity, pubescence, and crinosity.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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