downy

downy
    adj 1: like down or as soft as down [syn: {downy}, {downlike},
           {flossy}, {fluffy}]
    2: covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"
       [syn: {downy}, {pubescent}, {puberulent}, {sericeous}]
    

Downy \Down"y\ (-[y^]), a.
   1. Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs. "A
      downy feather." --Shak.
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            Plants that . . . have downy or velvet rind upon
            their leaves.                         --Bacon.
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   2. Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft;
      placid; soothing; quiet. "A downy shower." --Keble. "Downy
      pillow." --Pope.
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            Time steals on with downy feet.       --Young.
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   3. Cunning; wary. [Slang, Eng.] --Latham.
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77 Moby Thesaurus words for "downy":
      airy, artful, astute, attenuate, attenuated, bubbly, crafty,
      cunning, dainty, deep, delicate, ethereal, even, feathery, filmy,
      fine, fine-drawn, fine-grained, finespun, flat, fleecy, flossy,
      fluffy, foamy, frothy, furry, fuzzy, gauzy, glabrate, glabrescent,
      glabrous, gossamer, gossamery, guileful, hirsute, imponderous,
      insidious, lanate, leger, leiotrichous, level, light, light as air,
      lighter than vanity, mousse, nappy, peachy, pinnate, plane,
      pubescent, refined, regular, satin, satiny, silky, sly, smooth,
      smooth-shaven, smooth-textured, souffle, suave, thin-spun, tricky,
      unbroken, unheavy, uniform, unrough, unroughened, unruffled,
      velutinous, velvety, volatile, weightless, wily, wiredrawn, woolly,
      yeasty