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[ kot-n-ee ] / ˈkɒt n i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cottony ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof or like cotton; soft. covered with a down or nap resembling cotton. Origin of cottonyFirst recorded in 1570–80; cotton + -y1 Words nearby cottonycottonweed, cottonwick, cottonwood, cotton wool, cotton-wool patches, cottony, cottony-cushion scale, cottus, cotula, cotunnite, coturnix Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cottonyThese two types of fungus leave a dusty or cottony coating on grapes and leaves. Bad News for the Bubbly: Champagne Suffers Worst Season in Decades|The Telegraph|August 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST It was a good sight to see old Earth, bundled up in her cottony clouds, growing larger and larger in the television disc. Astounding Stories, June, 1931|Various He was conscious of a hunger that was beyond discomfort, and a thirst that left his mouth dry and cottony. Insidekick|Jesse Franklin Bone It is a stout plant, usually scantily covered with a loose, cottony down, with a furrowed stem from one to three feet high. Field and Woodland Plants|William S. Furneaux
Nearly all the leaves of this plant are radical, and these are long, narrow, and covered with cottony hairs. Field and Woodland Plants|William S. Furneaux The cottony billows swept up to meet them—and then they were submerged in a dense and yellowish fog. The Golden Amazons of Venus|John Murray Reynolds
Words related to cottonysilken, luxurious, satiny, delicate, sleek, soft, plush, glossy, velvety, silky, comfortable, elastic, pliable, smooth, fluffy, spongy, comfy, rounded, plastic, creamy |