Definitions for downy

downy down·y

Spelling: [dou-nee]
IPA: /ˈdaʊ ni/

Downy is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 41 anagrams from letters in downy (dnowy).

Definitions for downy

adjective

  1. of the nature of or resembling down; fluffy; soft.
  2. made of down.
  3. covered with down.
  4. soft; soothing.

Origin of downy

First recorded in 1540-50; down2 + -y1

Examples for downy

I return to my study and in about fifteen minutes downy is back at work.

Well, downy boy, I have never been in the sun, so I really cannot tell you.

I must stay in the house till dinner, and I could read to downy.

"Then the rainiest June since the 1950s helped the spread of downy and powdery mildew" he told The Telegraph.

Fluffy, tell downy the little story I told you the other day, about the sunbeam.

The veil is absent, or, if present, it is downy and adherent to the margin of the cap.

The hens were clucking to their downy chicks just out of the egg.

downy paused a moment and looked at his uncle in astonishment.

Atrotomentosus is from ater, black, and tomentum, woolly or downy.

Then, remembering, he sprang from the downy bed to his feet.

Word Value for downy
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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