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woolly

[wool-ee] / ˈwʊl i /


ADJECTIVE
made of or covered in wool
Synonyms
ADJECTIVE
confused
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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Mr. Ellis’s music can generally be described as woolly folk-rock mixed with a few jazzy inflections.

From The Wall Street Journal

There was a comical incident when he turned the focus knob and unwittingly brought the face of a distant woolly sheep into close-up view.

From Literature

When it is not possible to keep rooms heated to 18C, he recommends wearing gloves, warm socks and a woolly hat, eating a higher carbohydrate diet and generating more body heat by moving around.

From BBC

Researchers from Stockholm University have -- for the first time ever -- managed to successfully isolate and sequence RNA molecules from Ice Age woolly mammoths.

From Science Daily

Fossil evidence also revealed that these warm-adapted hippos lived alongside cold-climate animals such as mammoths and woolly rhinoceroses -- an unusual ecological mix that highlights the complexity of Ice Age environments.

From Science Daily