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woolly

[wool-ee] / ˈwʊl i /


ADJECTIVE
made of or covered in wool
Synonyms
ADJECTIVE
confused
Synonyms


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Swapping her usual one-tone trouser suit for a woolly jumper with sparkles, Meloni fielded questions for an hour from the tattoo-covered rapper and his popular co-host.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

At the end of a gravel road, a few children played outdoors, rosy-cheeked in the bitter cold, one wearing a Spiderman woolly hat.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

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 • Nov. 15, 2025

I’d been told my whole life that woolly caterpillars would sting you badly.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly