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woollyish

woollyish adjective: somewhat woolly.

Adjective

woollyish (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Somewhat woolly.
    • The calyx, too, instead of being woollyish, is merely fringed with rather stiff hairs.1930, Reginald John Farrer, The English Rock-garden, volume 1, page 169

Origin of woollyish

From woolly + -ish.

Questions about woollyish

What does woollyish mean?
Woollyish means somewhat woolly.
What part of speech is woollyish?
Woollyish is an adjective.

Words near woollyish in the dictionary

  1. woolly-pated
  2. woollyback
  3. woollybacks
  4. woollybutt
  5. woollybutts
  6. woollyish
  7. woollyneck
  8. woollynecks
  9. woollypate
  10. woollypated
  11. woollystar

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