cottony

cot·tony

adj \ˈkät-nē, ˈkä-t^ən-ē\

Definition of COTTONY

: resembling cotton in appearance or character: as a : covered with hairs or pubescence b : soft

Examples of COTTONY

1. The toys are stuffed with a cottony material.
2. The flowers are small and cottony.

First Known Use of COTTONY

1578

Related to COTTONY

Synonyms: bristly, brushy, hairy, fleecy, furred, furry, hirsute, rough, shaggy, silky, unshorn, woolly (also wooly)

Antonyms: bald, furless, glabrous, hairless, shorn, smooth

Related Words: bearded, bewhiskered, mustachioed (also moustachioed), whiskered; stubbled, stubbly; downy, fluffy, fuzzy, linty, nappy

Near Antonyms: beardless, shaved, shaven

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