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Meanings of wooly-minded in English

Confused and vague; used especially of thinking.

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      Tens of thousands of years ago, woolly mammoths roamed the northern hemisphere.
      BBC
      2
      The woolly-haired African race includes the negroes and the very primitive bushmen.
      The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) / A Plain Story Simply Tol...
      3
      There were in the cave a number of stout and woolly rams.
      Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca / Adapted from the Third Book of th...
      4
      Unlike many prehistoric rhinos, woolly rhinos would be quite recognisable to us.
      BBC
      5
      My mind feels quite woolly, and the walls of the room shimmer.
      The Oracle Glass
      1
      If the south achieves freedom it is through their work, however muddled.
      What is the what: the autobiography of valentino achak deng
      2
      Confusion muddled his mind-hewasn't quite sure what to think or say.
      The Scorch Trials
      3
      That issue settled, my mind drifted to another muddled order of business.
      Private Sector
      4
      And in normal circumstances everything would be dismissed as muddled red tape.
      The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
      5
      The knock-out drops muddled her; but he went down like a log.
      The Midnight Passenger : A Novel
      1
      Valerian knew that there was no point in arguing with the god-addled.
      Imperatrix
      2
      There was enough in his pipe to keep him addled 'til dawn.
      Drood: a novel
      3
      Even in ruins, drug-addled and bloated, he made the faithful feel blessed.
      The Guardian
      4
      His addled brains are crammed with the wildest and most ignorant superstitions.'
      Aylwin
      5
      Doubts, beliefs, suspicions and truths addled with syllables which make a name.
      Praetor's Lunch
      1
      A befuddled Koch asks why the small sum would make a difference.
      Reuters
      2
      His wide range of interests is masked by a faux-befuddled everyman persona.
      The Irish Times
      3
      He looks confused now, befuddled, and I remember he has been drinking.
      The center of everything
      4
      And then McIntyre waits for the befuddled replies and reads them out.
      The Irish Times
      5
      She looked befuddled, cute, a child dressed up for a greeting card.
      While i'm falling
      1
      Spencer was still muzzy with painkillers and dazed by an anesthesia-born hangover.
      Before you know kindness
      2
      Worse still, his head felt muzzy and there was a sneeze brewing.
      Something in the water
      3
      His thoughts were muzzy and he tried to shake the feeling.
      The chamber of ten
      4
      I tell you, I was paralyzed; my brain was cider muzzy.
      Servant of a dark god
      5
      The kicking stopped, and in the pause the muzzy oracular voice announced from within-
      The End of the Tether
      1
      He emanates a wooly warmth even though his demeanor is somewhat aloof.
      The Irish Times
      2
      They are especially common in tiger moths and wooly bear moths.
      Wired
      3
      Two more funnels appeared behind the first, wooly tubes dropping from the clouds.
      The story of edgar sawtelle
      4
      Those wooly worms was growing thicker hair for to stand a hard winter.
      Serena
      5
      She pulled her wooly cardigan tightly around herself and headed downstairs.
      Fiendish deeds
      1
      No, those things always make you woolly-headed the whole next day.
      Sister Mine
      2
      She never liked them, said they made her feel woolly-headed.
      Mr. Mercedes
      3
      He was woolly-headed and his wool was just getting gray.
      Lonesome dove
      4
      Little black woolly-headed baby with no clothes on!
      The Bed-Book of Happiness / Being a colligation or assemblage of...
      5
      The congregation was black and woolly-headed-Hottentotschiefly, I believe, though there may have been some Kafirs amongst them.
      Six Months at the Cape