单词 | downiness |
释义 | downiness (once / 537242 pages) n WORD FAMILY downy: downier, downiest, downily, downiness+/down: downed, downer, downlike, downly, downs, downy/downer: downers USAGE EXAMPLESNever was a bed so sweetly smoothed to the downiness of a swan's breast! Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel), Vision House(2011) The downiness noticed on the underside of the Bullace leaves is here restricted to the ribs of the leaf. Step, Edward, Wayside and Woodland Trees—A pocket...(2010) Plum or plump, as applied to a bed, would certainly convey the idea of softness or downiness. Bell, George, Notes and Queries, Number 218, Dece...(2010) n a light softness Syn|Hyper featheriness, fluffiness softness the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded |
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