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Meanings of downy in English
Usage of downy in English
1
The blind woman was feeling carefully the downy head of the baby.
2
Seventy-five per cent of the food of the downy woodpecker is insects.
3
Capparis Mitchelii has a downy fruit, and is common in the scrubs.
4
Its plumage is very downy and soft, and it weighs exceedingly light.
5
It was soft and downy, and he gave vent to his satisfaction.
6
Rover was very soft and downy when he first came to us.
7
Long, tapering fingers and skin like the downy cheeks of a baby.
8
A sofa, piled high with downy pillows, stood invitingly under a window.
9
However, a prominent burn mark marred one side of that downy face.
10
The delicious, healthy color had been swept from her pretty downy cheeks.
11
For this recovery I'll use magnification to view the downy parts.
12
The young, even in the downy stage, have the same habit.
13
They were still in the downy stage, and vomited vigorously on being approached.
14
Her own was in downy fellowship with it a moment later.
15
The hens were clucking to their downy chicks just out of the egg.
16
The leaves resemble the mulberry, and are of a downy light-green.
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Downy through the time
Downy across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common