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smooth or delicate in appearance or feel
- the downy surface of a ripe peach
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“Downy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downy. Accessed 23 May. 2022.
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The first known use of downy was in 1551
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