fluffy

[fluhf-ee]

adjective

fluffier, fluffiest 

1. of, resembling, or covered with fluff.

2. light or airy.

   a fluffy cake.

3. having little or no intellectual weight; superficial or frivolous.

   fluffy thinking.

fluffy

/ ˈflʌfɪ /

adjective

1. of, resembling, or covered with fluff

2. soft and light

   fluffy hair

3. 1. sentimental or overromantic; not very intelligent

   2. characterized by nonviolent methods

      fluffy environmentalist protestors

Other Word Forms

• fluffily adverb
• fluffiness noun
• unfluffy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fluffy¹

First recorded in 1815–25; fluff + -y ¹

Example Sentences

On Tuesday, the rain of the past few days broke and the sun shone through fluffy clouds on the rounded metal of the Tesla Diner in Hollywood.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Its fluffy coating of white feathers was flattened with salt spray, making it look—and smell— convincingly like a large white seabird, or the remains of one.

Read more on Literature

“It is the fluffiest and loveliest pillow I have ever seen.”

Read more on Literature

She and the children were safe and out of the rain; there was a fluffy pillow beneath her head, and the promise, or at least the possibility, of a tasty meal when she awoke.

Read more on Literature

It is black and white and fluffy and fuzzy, and it walks upright, unassisted—which is odd for a teddy bear of any species or size.

Read more on Literature

Related Words

• creamy 
• feathery 
• gossamer 
• silky