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fleecy

fleecy

1 4.2
Having a soft, fluffy feel like sheep's wool
  • adjective
  • /ˈfliːsi/
: esponjoso
  • The fleecy material of the sweater makes it incredibly warm and soft against the skin.
  • fleecy clouds
  • a fleecy blanket
  • fleecy fabric

They're just so comfy, so fleecy, keep you so warm.

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Examples

  • Fleecy clouds edged here and there with great galloons of golden sunlight had been tastefully arranged against a bottomless azure, and the air lacked only the familiar attar of petroleum to be perfect.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • He rubbed the pajamas against his cheek, the linty, fleecy fabric catching on his stubble.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • It's like a little fleecy jacket.

    Laura Lee

  • They're just so comfy, so fleecy, keep you so warm.

    MollyMae

  • They look just like fleecy rainbows.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Finally, some fleecy fabric found at Jo Ann Fabrics.

    Blog text (2)

  • Fleecy copper winter clouds are racing across the waning sky outside the window.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The vast acres that once delighted everybody will be turned into fields of waving grain and fleecy white cotton.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Back here there's a sky-blue cyc, white, fleecy clouds...

    Summer Stock (1950)

  • There, amidst fleecy clouds, a Roswellian alien smiled benignly down—green arms outstretched to embrace them.

    Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

fluffy
vsfleecy
72 1.0

Soft and light, like fur or feathers

is denser and more sheep-fur like, not simply light and airy
woolly
vsfleecy
14 3.0

Soft and covered with thick hair like a sheep

is specifically a sheep-fur like surface often produced by brushing
brushed
vsfleecy
  • Specialized
2 3.8

Fabric with a soft, fuzzy surface created by lifting the threads

is more like a sheep-fur texture rather than a simple raised finish
plushy
vsfleecy
1 4.6

Soft and thick like the fabric used for teddy bears

is lighter and more sheep-fur textured, not heavy luxury pile
napped
vsfleecy
1 6.4

A fabric with a soft raised surface made by brushing the threads

is the sheep-fur like surface rather than any brushed finish
wooled
vsfleecy
1 3.7

An animal or thing with a thick soft coat of wool

is a fleece-like surface often made by brushing rather than just wool covering

Antonyms

smooth
224 1.0

A surface that is even and not rough

coarse
29 3.7

A surface like sand or rough cloth that has large grains and is not smooth

How Fluffy

downy
6 4.2
fleecy
1 4.2
soft
557 1.0

Surface Forms

fleecy positive

Morphology

fleecy = fleece (transparent) = fleece + y

Formed by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-y' to 'fleece' to mean 'having or resembling fleece', which is directly guessable from the base.

Etymology

The word fleecy comes from fleece, the word for a sheep's 'wool', and the ending -y means 'like'. So fleecy simply means 'like wool', soft and fluffy, which is why a fleecy jacket or blanket feels warm and gentle.