FLEECY (fleecier, fleeciest)

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Irregular inflected forms: fleecier    , fleeciest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does fleecy mean? 

• FLEECY (adjective)
  The adjective FLEECY has 1 sense:

1. (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing

  Familiarity information: FLEECY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLEECY (adjective)

Comparative: fleecier   
Superlative: fleeciest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing

Synonyms:

brushed; fleecy; napped

Context example:

napped fabrics

Similar:

soft (yielding readily to pressure or weight)

Derivation:

fleece (a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing)

 Context examples 

Having no ornaments fine enough for this important occasion, Amy looped her fleecy skirts with rosy clusters of azalea, and framed the white shoulders in delicate green vines.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It was a perfect day, with a bright sun and a few fleecy clouds in the heavens.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

All around the horizon are pale, fleecy clouds, never changing, never moving, like a silver setting for the flawless turquoise sky.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

So they went to the water together, and just then there were some of the small fleecy clouds in the blue sky, which are called little lambs, and they were reflected in the water, whereupon the peasants cried: We already see the sheep down below!

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

By the rood! cried John, looking around him exultantly, where have we seen since we left such noble cows, such fleecy sheep, grass so green, or a man so drunk as yonder rogue who lies in the gap of the hedge?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was an ideal spring day, a light blue sky, flecked with little fleecy white clouds drifting across from west to east. The sun was shining very brightly, and yet there was an exhilarating nip in the air, which set an edge to a man’s energy.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)