Thesaurus / downy
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So with a fearful growl, and a bark that might have frightened a lion, Bravo made a leap and a spring after poor little Downy.
THE NURSERY, JULY 1873, VOL. XIV. NO. 1VARIOUSThe nests are composed of the downy mosses of plants fastened together with the fibres of flax.
IN THE WILDS OF FLORIDAW.H.G. KINGSTONDowny dainty pompons of smoke burst out in the heavens below it and above it and all about it.
THE GLORY OF THE COMINGIRVIN S. COBBThe breast feathers of the turkey and the downy feathers of the eagle are attached to the sticks.
THE MOUNTAIN CHANT, A NAVAJO CEREMONYWASHINGTON MATTHEWSEvery downy-faced youth among the whites expected him to salute him as a king: he, the descendant of kings.
FORGING THE BLADESBERTRAM MITFORDThis lovely flower spread wide her soft, fragrant petals as a downy couch for the tired fairy.
'ROUND THE YEAR IN MYTH AND SONGFLORENCE HOLBROOKSurface dry, downy, or even quite scaly, varying in color from creamy white to light brown.
OUR EDIBLE TOADSTOOLS AND MUSHROOMS AND HOW TO DISTINGUISH THEMWILLIAM HAMILTON GIBSONIt came from the grass, from the trees—the long tasselled branches of downy honey-sweet, white blossoms that hung from them.
THE PIONEERSKATHARINE SUSANNAH PRICHARDI dont see my pet Circassian walnut set or my dear comfy old window seat, with about a thousand, more or less, nice downy pillows.
MARJORIE DEAN COLLEGE FRESHMANPAULINE LESTERNancy put down the cup, and, bending forward, kissed Frulein's downy cheek.
THE DEVOURERSANNIE VIVANTI CHARTRESSYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 25, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO DOWNY
- agile
- airy
- atmospheric
- buoyant
- crumbly
- dainty
- delicate
- downy
- easy
- effervescent
- ethereal
- featherweight
- feathery
- filmy
- flimsy
- floatable
- floating
- fluffy
- friable
- frothy
- gossamery
- graceful
- imponderous
- inconsequential
- insubstantial
- light-footed
- lightweight
- lithe
- little
- loose
- meager
- nimble
- petty
- porous
- portable
- sandy
- sheer
- slender
- slight
- small
- spongy
- sprightly
- sylphlike
- thin
- tissuelike
- trifling
- trivial
- unheavy
- unsubstantial
- weightless
- agile
- airy
- atmospheric
- buoyant
- crumbly
- dainty
- delicate
- downy
- easy
- effervescent
- ethereal
- featherweight
- feathery
- filmy
- flimsy
- floatable
- floating
- fluffy
- friable
- frothy
- gossamery
- graceful
- imponderous
- inconsequential
- insubstantial
- light-footed
- lightweight
- lithe
- little
- loose
- meager
- nimble
- petty
- porous
- portable
- sandy
- sheer
- slender
- slight
- small
- spongy
- sprightly
- sylphlike
- thin
- tissuelike
- trifling
- trivial
- unheavy
- unsubstantial
- weightless
- bendable
- comfortable
- comfy
- cottony
- cozy
- creamy
- cushiony
- cushy
- delicate
- doughy
- downy
- ductile
- easeful
- easy
- elastic
- feathery
- fine
- flabby
- fleecy
- fleshy
- flexible
- flimsy
- flocculent
- flowing
- fluffy
- fluid
- formless
- furry
- gelatinous
- impressible
- limp
- malleable
- moldable
- mushy
- pappy
- pithy
- plastic
- pliable
- pulpy
- quaggy
- rounded
- satiny
- silken
- silky
- smooth
- snug
- spongy
- squashy
- supple
- thin
- velvety
- yielding
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