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comparative downier, superlative downiest
Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair. examples
Sharp-witted, perceptive. quotations examples
The right hon. Gentleman has much more claim to the adjective downy than I have, but he really cannot catch me with that one.
1947, Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, Speech in UK House of Commons, 10th November 1947
I’m not clever, p’raps: but I am rather downy; and partial friends say I know what’s o’clock tolerably well.
1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 10, in The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850
(UK, Norfolk) Low-spirited; down in the mouth. examples
plural downies
A blanket filled with down; a duvet. quotations examples
Went to bed with 2 downies on the bed, but the heat finally kicked in and ended with one cover and my feet sticking out.
2013, Dorothy M. Jensen, The Little Girl From 311 Travis Street, page 246