Wooly vs. Woolly — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Wooly and Woolly
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Definitions
Wooly
Variant of woolly.
Woolly
Relating to, consisting of, or covered with wool.
Wooly
(American spelling) woolly
Put on a wooly jumper and turn down the thermostat.
Wooly hair
That's the sort of wooly thinking that causes wars to start.
Woolly
Resembling wool.
Wooly
(American spelling) woolly
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Woolly
Lacking sharp detail or clarity
Woolly television reception.
Wooly
Having a fluffy character or appearance
Woolly
Mentally or intellectually disorganized or unclear
Woolly thinking.
Wooly
Confused and vague; used especially of thinking;
Muddleheaded ideas
Your addled little brain
Woolly thinking
Woolly-headed ideas
Woolly
Rough, disorderly, or unrestrained
"newspaper ads called for ... stricter gun control everywhere in this wild and woolly nation" (Ed McBain).
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Wooly
Covered with dense often matted or curly hairs;
Woolly lambs
Woolly
A garment made of wool, especially an undergarment of knitted wool.
Woolly
(Australian) A sheep.
Woolly
Made of wool.
Put on a woolly jumper and turn down the thermostat.
Woolly
Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
Woolly hair
There was nothing left in the fruit bowl but a brown banana and a couple of woolly pears.
Woolly
Based on emotions rather than logic.
That's the sort of woolly thinking that causes wars to start.
Woolly
(figuratively) Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.
Woolly
(obsolete) Clothed in wool.
Woolly
(informal) A sweater or similar garment made of wool.
Woolly
A sheep not yet shorn.
Woolly
A piece of woolwork.
Woolly
A woolly back; someone from the area around Liverpool, not from Liverpool itself.
Woolly
Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly fleece.
Woolly
Resembling wool; of the nature of wool.
Woolly
Clothed with wool.
Woolly
Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool.
Woolly
Having a fluffy character or appearance
Woolly
Confused and vague; used especially of thinking;
Muddleheaded ideas
Your addled little brain
Woolly thinking
Woolly-headed ideas
Woolly
Covered with dense often matted or curly hairs;
Woolly lambs
Woolly
Covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments;
The woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton
