pillowy

[pil-oh-ee]

adjective

1. pillowlike; soft; yielding.

   a pillowy carpet.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pillowy¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; pillow + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Ross rests with those thoughts on her pillowy bed, then smiles broadly.

From Salon

But then there’s that gently insistent groove and that pillowy electric piano.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s not clocking to you that I’m standing on business,” he tells a photographer in one clip that went viral last month — so viral, in fact, that Bieber excerpts it on “Swag,” which puts his luscious crooning over spacey, cooled-out grooves full of pillowy synths, twanging electric guitars and reverbed chillwave-’80s beats.

From Los Angeles Times

Cool Whip’s pristine, pillowy look photographs well—even if that glossy finish is engineered.

From Salon

Noah’s voice was pillowy like his palms.

From Los Angeles Times