woolily
English
Alternative forms
- woollily
Etymology
wooly + -ly
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwʊlɪli/
Adverb
woolily (comparative more woolily, superlative most woolily)
- In a wooly manner; with a wooly appearance.
- 1885, William Dean Howells, in The Century, page 892
- I think of certain genial, lonely, irregular squares, more or less planted with pollarded sycamores, just then woolily tufted with their leaf-buds
- 1885, William Dean Howells, in The Century, page 892