MEANING
Covered with soft fine hairs or feathers that feel like down.
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- downy cheek
- downy leaf
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The child's downy cheek rested against the worn collar.
A downy leaf brushed the back of her hand.
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- downy
Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more downy; superlative most downy where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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