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DOWNINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does downiness mean?
• DOWNINESS (noun)
The noun DOWNINESS has 1 sense:
1. a light softness
Familiarity information: DOWNINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A light softness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
downiness; featheriness; fluffiness
Hypernyms ("downiness" is a kind of...):
softness (the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded)
Derivation:
downy (covered with fine soft hairs or down)
downy (like down or as soft as down)
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