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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

"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

Unlike their parents, whose sleek black-and-white feathers seal their skin against the frigid ocean, chicks’ downy plumage isn’t waterproof.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023

Then one day of light, fresh rain, four dry, hot and clear, and all of Palestine was downy with the cleanest cotton they’d ever seen.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

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

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

I was, it appeared, an old bird of the downiest plumage.

From The Lost Naval Papers by Bennet Copplestone

The downiest, dearest ones that ever grew, I think this trouble will climax cap!

From Memories and Anecdotes by Kate Sanborn

Scrambling out, "head-over-heels," she rushed into her mother's arms, as fresh and rosy from her after-dinner nap as though she had been rocked in the downiest cradle in the land.

From Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 16, April 19, 1914 by George E. Cook