flannelly

American  

[flan-l-ee] / ˈflæn l i /

adjective

1. made of or resembling flannel.

2. thick or blurred, as speech.

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Etymology

Origin of flannelly

First recorded in 1830–40; flannel + -y ¹

Example Sentences

It did feel like Simpson—soft and flannelly, with a round, bumpy sort of head at one end.

From Us and the Bottleman by Price, Edith Ballinger

"All right, Kiddie-winks, daddy's got you," he murmured, coming back into the drawing-room with the little soft, warm, flannelly bundle cuddled close to him.

From The Literary Sense by Nesbit, E. (Edith)

Some few years back, almost incalculable harm was done to the variety by a considerable amount of crossing into a strain of smooths with terribly soft flannelly coats.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert

Despising as she did the more modern woolens, she bought real wool yarn of a lovely red—and made some light warm flannelly stuff in which she proceeded to rapturously enclose her little grandchildren.

From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

Lordie, what a tough, resilient, flannelly, bit of waffle this was!

From The Trimming of Goosie by Hopper, James