wooly

[ wool-ee ]

/ ˈwʊl i /

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adjective, noun, wool·i·er, wool·i·est,plural wool·ies.

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OTHER WORDS FROM wooly

wool·i·ness, noun

This and the other meadows look unplanned—a little wooly in parts, tidier in others—but Charap and Rossi say they require more attention and foresight than simply mowing.
This historic Brooklyn cemetery shows us a future without lawns|Ryan Goldberg|November 17, 2021|Popular-Science
This hunting heritage goes back thousands of years, to the last ice age, when a remarkably ice-free Kobuk Valley teemed with big game, including the wooly mammoth.
Sit Slack-Jawed Under the Northern Lights at Kobuk Valley National Park|mturner|July 29, 2021|Outside Online
I was taken into one by Maurice, a gnarled old Vietnam vet in a wooly hat.
Here’s a Reform Even the Koch Brothers and George Soros Can Agree On|Tina Brown|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Designer Phoebe Philo presented a cool collection of wooly outerwear and unexpected proportions.
Céline Gets Cozy for Fall|Liza Foreman|March 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The problem with the Republican Party is there are too many wooly mammoths like me wandering around.
The Problem With the GOP Is... Me|Mark McKinnon|December 23, 2008|DAILY BEAST
He's a child's plaything—about as much use as the little wooly dog that lives down by the sawmill.
The Tale of Pony Twinkleheels|Arthur Scott Bailey
They stood about gracefully to be admired, with their wooly hair fluffed out at right angles to their head, for the occasion.
Six Women|Victoria Cross
Nurse Farrow made a wry face as though she'd just discovered that the stuff she had in her mouth was a ball of wooly centipedes.
Highways in Hiding|George Oliver Smith
I'le make him think he's got straddle his wooly hoss, and an army of mermades was after him with red hot pitchforks.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870|Various
One day I had to actually drive her out of my room, but it warn't but a little while before she put her wooly head in again.
Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia|Seba Smith