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Meanings of wooly-minded in English

Confused and vague; used especially of thinking.

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Examples for "woolly"
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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