downier; downiest
Examples of downy in a Sentence
the downy surface of a ripe peach
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In the center of all those pointy twigs will be a cup shape of soft and downy materials that will cradle the eggs and the new babies.
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Joan Morris, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
Two tall sandhill crane parents strutted through the marsh, their downy red colt toddling behind them.
—Anne Readel, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025
Plants produce a basal rosette of downy foliage in their first year and flower in the second season, after which the plants typically die out.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
Reviled as rats with wings or, by a slimmer margin, beloved as downy, dirty urban icons, pigeons seem as much a part of New York as its skyline.
—Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Joan Morris, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
Two tall sandhill crane parents strutted through the marsh, their downy red colt toddling behind them.
—Anne Readel, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025
Plants produce a basal rosette of downy foliage in their first year and flower in the second season, after which the plants typically die out.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
Reviled as rats with wings or, by a slimmer margin, beloved as downy, dirty urban icons, pigeons seem as much a part of New York as its skyline.
—Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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“Downy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downy. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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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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