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His earliest memories of fabric were totally sensory, he said, recalling the downy feel of a jamawar shawl at home in Srinagar and the soft warmth of his mother's shahtoosh saris.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024

Disease-resistance abbreviations like A and DM indicate that a plant is resistant to anthracnose and downy mildew respectively, crucial information if your garden has had issues with these.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

"Our hypothesis is that these bladder cells also protect against other plant diseases like downy mildew, a fungal disease which severely limits quinoa yields," says Max Moog.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2023

The Italian government last month allocated a modest one million euros to help grape producers hurt by downy mildew.

From Reuters ● Sep. 15, 2023

She brushed back the damp downy hair from Mitt’s forehead.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

You always must have been a precious sight downier than I thought.

From Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series by Bracebridge Hemyng

Hibermate The interior of this handcrafted sleep mask feels like it's stitched out of the downiest fleece, while the satin exterior slips easily against surfaces so the Hibermate stays put if you toss and turn.

From Time Magazine Archive

"You think a dog's proper place is the best armchair or the downiest bed in the house!"

From Afterwards by Kathlyn Rhodes

That night I could not have slept in the downiest of couches, e’en with the softest music of well-played lutes.

From Cedric, the Forester by Bernard Gay Marshall

In the nest there were a dozen of the daintiest, downiest, little creatures he had ever seen.

From The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends by Melvin Hix

This in a civilized city where hundreds of dogs with jeweled collars slept in luxurious rooms on downiest beds and had servants to wait upon them!

From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by David Graham Phillips