Transcription
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- [woo l-ee]
- /ˈwʊl i/
- /ˈwʊ.li/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [woo l-ee]
- /ˈwʊl i/
Definitions of wooly word
- adjective wooly consisting of wool: a woolly fleece. 1
- adjective wooly resembling wool in texture or appearance: woolly hair. 1
- adjective wooly clothed or covered with wool or something resembling it: a woolly caterpillar. 1
- adjective wooly Botany. covered with a pubescence of long, soft hairs resembling wool. 1
- adjective wooly like the rough, vigorous atmosphere of the early West in America: wild and woolly. 1
- adjective wooly fuzzy; unclear; disorganized: woolly thinking. 1
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Origin of wooly
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90; wool + -y1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Wooly
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wooly popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% 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".
Synonyms for wooly
adjective wooly
- woolen — 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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