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- US Pronunciation
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- [woo l-ee]
- /ˈwʊl i/
- /ˈwʊl.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [woo l-ee]
- /ˈwʊl i/
Definitions of woolly word
- adjective woolly consisting of wool: a woolly fleece. 1
- adjective woolly resembling wool in texture or appearance: woolly hair. 1
- adjective woolly clothed or covered with wool or something resembling it: a woolly caterpillar. 1
- adjective woolly Botany. covered with a pubescence of long, soft hairs resembling wool. 1
- adjective woolly like the rough, vigorous atmosphere of the early West in America: wild and woolly. 1
- adjective woolly fuzzy; unclear; disorganized: woolly thinking. 1
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Origin of woolly
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90; wool + -y1
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Parts of speech for Woolly
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
woolly popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for woolly
adjective woolly
- woollen — any cloth of carded wool yarn of which the fibers vary in length: bulkier, looser, and less regular than worsted.
- knitted — made by knitting, as a cloth article: a knitted bedspread.
- woven — a past participle of weave.
- wool — the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property.
- crocheted — made with a crochet hook
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