downier; downiest
Examples of downy in a Sentence
the downy surface of a ripe peach
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Tamma was crying and snotting into the downy peach fuzz of her upper lip.
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Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
The little nightingale loved her mother’s voice too, its fizzy trajectory striking the filaments of her downiest feathers.
—Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
It’s called lanugo, which is a downy hair that appears on the skin.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
Well, for starters, cashmere comes from the downy undercoat of specific breeds of goats.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
The little nightingale loved her mother’s voice too, its fizzy trajectory striking the filaments of her downiest feathers.
—Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
It’s called lanugo, which is a downy hair that appears on the skin.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
Well, for starters, cashmere comes from the downy undercoat of specific breeds of goats.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for downy
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“Downy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downy. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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downy
adjective
downier; downiest
1
: resembling a bird's down
2
: covered with or made of down
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