fleecy
adjective
covered with, consisting of, or resembling a fleece or wool.
fleeciness
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a word derived from
fleecy.
Example Sentences
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Feathery white panicles of the starry campion, whose protruding stamens and fringed petals give it a certain fleeciness, are dainty enough for spring; by midsummer we expect plants of ranker growth and more gaudy flowers.
From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Neltje Blanchan
Split felt the cold fleeciness of new-fallen snow on her face, down her neck, up her sleeves.
From The Madigans by Orson Lowell
The clouds seem of more than northern fleeciness, and hang over the peaks like smoke, or float lazily from valley to valley, giving varying hues to the beautiful landscape.
From Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound by Victor St. Clair
There were billowy puffs of clouds high above, softly flushing into rose with a golden fleeciness to their edges.
From The House of Fulfilment by George Madden Martin
Only the white fleeciness of morning mist had flitted sometimes over her summer-sky, deepening the blue.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 by Various
