fleecy

[US]/'fliːsɪ/
[UK]/'flisi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. covered with wool; resembling wool; soft and light.

Phrases & Collocations

fleecy blanket

Example Sentences

The fleecy clouds sailed across the sky.

Real-world Examples

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

Source: The Adventure of the Speckled Band

Wealth came out of the curving furrows, and arrogance came too — arrogance built on green bushes and the acres of fleecy white.

Source: Gone with the Wind

He grew familiar with the outline of Table Mountain, and the fleecy 'Devil's Table-Cloth' which used to settle on its top when the wind was south-east.

Source: Lovers in the Tower (Part Two)

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.

Source: "Little Women" original version

But the next instant the little girl's form had changed to that of a lamb with fleecy white wool, and Dorothy was too bewildered to do anything but look around her in wonder.

Source: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Magic of Oz

From time to time a fleecy tuft of mist, with yet some gleaming light left upon it, drops down upon the dense floor of grey, and loses itself in the opaque and impenetrable mass.

Source: The Journey to the Heart of the Earth

" Is Wuthering Heights as pleasant a place as Thrushcross Grange? " he inquired, turning to take a last glance into the valley, whence a light mist mounted and formed a fleecy cloud on the skirts of the blue.

Source: Wuthering Heights (abridged version)

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