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Meanings of woolly in English
Confused and vague; used especially of thinking.
Related terms
Covered with dense often matted or curly hairs.
Synonyms
Examples for "muddled"
Examples for "muddled"
1
If the south achieves freedom it is through their work, however muddled.
2
Confusion muddled his mind-hewasn't quite sure what to think or say.
3
That issue settled, my mind drifted to another muddled order of business.
4
And in normal circumstances everything would be dismissed as muddled red tape.
5
The knock-out drops muddled her; but he went down like a log.
1
Valerian knew that there was no point in arguing with the god-addled.
2
There was enough in his pipe to keep him addled 'til dawn.
3
Even in ruins, drug-addled and bloated, he made the faithful feel blessed.
4
His addled brains are crammed with the wildest and most ignorant superstitions.'
5
Doubts, beliefs, suspicions and truths addled with syllables which make a name.
1
A befuddled Koch asks why the small sum would make a difference.
2
His wide range of interests is masked by a faux-befuddled everyman persona.
3
He looks confused now, befuddled, and I remember he has been drinking.
4
And then McIntyre waits for the befuddled replies and reads them out.
5
She looked befuddled, cute, a child dressed up for a greeting card.
1
Spencer was still muzzy with painkillers and dazed by an anesthesia-born hangover.
2
Worse still, his head felt muzzy and there was a sneeze brewing.
3
His thoughts were muzzy and he tried to shake the feeling.
4
I tell you, I was paralyzed; my brain was cider muzzy.
5
The kicking stopped, and in the pause the muzzy oracular voice announced from within-
1
He emanates a wooly warmth even though his demeanor is somewhat aloof.
2
They are especially common in tiger moths and wooly bear moths.
3
Two more funnels appeared behind the first, wooly tubes dropping from the clouds.
4
Those wooly worms was growing thicker hair for to stand a hard winter.
5
She pulled her wooly cardigan tightly around herself and headed downstairs.
1
No, those things always make you woolly-headed the whole next day.
2
She never liked them, said they made her feel woolly-headed.
3
He was woolly-headed and his wool was just getting gray.
4
Little black woolly-headed baby with no clothes on!
5
The congregation was black and woolly-headed-Hottentotschiefly, I believe, though there may have been some Kafirs amongst them.
Usage of woolly in English
1
Tens of thousands of years ago, woolly mammoths roamed the northern hemisphere.
2
The woolly-haired African race includes the negroes and the very primitive bushmen.
3
There were in the cave a number of stout and woolly rams.
4
Unlike many prehistoric rhinos, woolly rhinos would be quite recognisable to us.
5
My mind feels quite woolly, and the walls of the room shimmer.
6
The Black Man, whose woolly head is filled with ideas of rising.
7
Then he undid the package slowly and drew forth a woolly sheep.
8
A woolly caterpillar was the last test that I stood for him.
9
He was of the woolly tribe which is made to be fleeced.
10
The Wadreagans and Wurgelans are of a dark bronze, with woolly hair.
11
This here wrinkled outfit is some too woolly for the big town.
12
He was twenty, and though not dark in colour, has woolly hair.
13
So he fell sound asleep, and dreamed about the woolly white lamb.
14
Regina softly patted the woolly head, and her eyes glistened with delight.
15
The days were getting cold and the lamb's woolly coat was thick.
16
A different tactic had to be devised to hunt the woolly pachyderms.
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Woolly through the time
Woolly across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common