downiness
Example Sentences
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Never was a bed so sweetly smoothed to the downiness of a swan's breast!
From Vision House by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
You shall receive it, Miss O'Carroll, with all the gloss of novelty; fresh as a ripe green-gage in all the downiness of its bloom.
From Nightmare Abbey by Peacock, Thomas Love
Plum or plump, as applied to a bed, would certainly convey the idea of softness or downiness.
From Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
The downiness noticed on the underside of the Bullace leaves is here restricted to the ribs of the leaf.
From Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva by Step, Edward
The variety may also be known by the downiness of the young leaves, the calyx-tube, and the stalks.
From Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva by Step, Edward
