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

No Thanksgiving feast is complete without soft, pillowy pull-apart dinner rolls.

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I wanted something pillowy, but sturdy enough to hold a generous amount of filling.

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F&F’s tender, pillowy pies come in variations like hot sausage and brown-butter sage, and a clam pizza with fresh lemon and red chile flakes.

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To capture that dynamic, she produced the album not with her longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff – whose pillowy productions defined the sounds of Midnights, and Tortured Poets Department – but with Swedish pop masterminds Max Martin and Shellback, who previously worked with Swift on hits like Shake It Off and I Knew You Were Trouble.

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Other songs are more straightforward – Just Two Girls is a warm and nostalgic reflection on friendship, and Passenger Seat is all pillowy melancholy as Rowsell recalls a road trip with an ex.

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