'Downy' definitions:
Definition of 'downy'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Downy'
From: GCIDE
- Downy \Down"y\ (-[y^]), a.
- 1. Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs. "A downy feather." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Plants that . . . have downy or velvet rind upon their leaves. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet. "A downy shower." --Keble. "Downy pillow." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Time steals on with downy feet. --Young. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Cunning; wary. [Slang, Eng.] --Latham. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'downy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airy,
- artful,
- astute,
- attenuate,
- attenuated,
- bubbly,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- dainty,
- deep,
- delicate,
- ethereal,
- even,
- feathery,
- filmy,
- fine,
- fine-drawn,
- fine-grained,
- finespun,
- flat,
- fleecy,
- flossy,
- fluffy,
- foamy,
- frothy,
- furry,
- fuzzy,
- gauzy,
- glabrate,
- glabrescent,
- glabrous,
- gossamer,
- gossamery,
- guileful,
- hirsute,
- imponderous,
- insidious,
- lanate,
- leger,
- leiotrichous,
- level,
- light,
- light as air,
- lighter than vanity,
- mousse,
- nappy,
- peachy,
- pinnate,
- plane,
- pubescent,
- refined,
- regular,
- satin,
- satiny,
- silky,
- sly,
- smooth,
- smooth-shaven,
- smooth-textured,
- souffle,
- suave,
- thin-spun,
- tricky,
- unbroken,
- unheavy,
- uniform,
- unrough,
- unroughened,
- unruffled,
- velutinous,
- velvety,
- volatile,
- weightless,
- wily,
- wiredrawn,
- woolly,
- yeasty