woolily

English

Alternative forms

• woollily

Etymology

wooly +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwʊlɪli/

Adverb

woolily (comparative more woolily, superlative most woolily)

1. In a wooly manner; with a wooly appearance.
   • 1885, William Dean Howells, The Century, page 892:

     I think of certain genial, lonely, irregular squares, more or less planted with pollarded sycamores, just then woolily tufted with their leaf-buds