woolly
adjective
consisting of wool.
woollier
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comparativeof woolly.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Upon beginning “The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild,” the sixth feature in the animation franchise that grows woollier by the movie, you sense something amiss.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
In Pixar’s “Monsters University,” they aren’t made of slugs, snails and puppy dog tails — they’re monstrous versions of those ingredients, only cuter, fuzzier, brighter, wilder and woollier.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2013
By contrast, the BOA likes to speak of fourth in the medal table as an "aspiration", preferring instead to focus on the woollier goal of "more medals in more sports than for over a century".
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2012
At this stage the reader who suspects that the novel is a subversive Australian attempt to prove that its "West" is, if not as wild, at least a great deal woollier than the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
The performance goes on for an hour, growing woollier and woollier in tone, and then dying out in sleep.
From Travels in West Africa by Mary H. Kingsley
