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What is the adjective for downy?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb down which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

down
  1. Depressed, feeling low.
  2. At a lower level than before.
  3. Having a lower score than an opponent.
  4. (baseball, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
  5. (colloquial) With "on", negative about, hostile to
  6. (not comparable, US, slang) Comfortable with, accepting of.
  7. (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
  8. Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
  9. (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally; killed.
  10. (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
  11. Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
  12. (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.
  13. Synonyms:
      14. depressed, sad, unhappy, dejected, downcast, low, miserable, blue, despondent, melancholy, downhearted, glum, disheartened, dispirited, saddened, dismal, gloomy, sorrowful, wretched, crestfallen, disconsolate, discouraged, melancholic, morose, doleful, inconsolable, joyless, mournful, pessimistic, forlorn, heartbroken, heartsick, heartsore, heavyhearted, sorry, tearful, woebegone, woeful, bad, bowed, brokenhearted, chapfallen, droopy, hangdog, lowered, off, sluggish, low-spirited, cast down, heavy-hearted … more
  14. Examples:
      15. “I was feeling a little down and just wanted to be left alone.”
      “The coffee machine is currently down and repairs are underway.”
      “That's nine down and just three more to go.”
downy
  1. Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.
  2. Sharp-witted, perceptive.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. furry, fleecy, woolly, fuzzy, wooly, feathery, smooth, plumate, plumose, pubescent, velutinous, fluffy, hairy, shaggy, soft, rough, silky, bristly, hirsute, unshorn, flocculent, cottony, velvety, lanate, furred, brushy, bushy, floccose, whiskered, pilose, stubbly, satiny, flossy, pileous, tufted, feathered, unshaven, bewhiskered, bearded, linty, silken, lanose, cushiony, frizzy, villous, piliferous, peachlike, peachy, long-haired, napped … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The young, of a year old, have their bodies well-covered with long and downy fur.”
      “I touch the downy fabric to my face and gasp at how soft it feels.”
downed
  1. That has been brought down.
downier
  1. comparative form of downy: more downy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. furrier, fleecier, woollier, fuzzier, woolier, featherier, smoother, more plumose, more pubescent, more velutinous, softer, silkier, more velvety, fluffier, more cottony, more satiny, hairier, shaggier, rougher, more velvetlike, more silklike, bristlier, more hirsute, more unshorn, more flocculent, more lanate, more furred, brushier, bushier, more floccose, more whiskered, more pilose, stubblier, flossier, more pileous, more bewhiskered, more bearded, lintier, more cushiony, frizzier, more piliferous, more villous, peachier, more peachlike, longer-haired, more plumy, more featherlike, more pilous, more lanigerous, more laniferous … more
downiest
  1. superlative form of downy: most downy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. furriest, fleeciest, woolliest, fuzziest, wooliest, featheriest, smoothest, most plumose, most pubescent, most velutinous, softest, silkiest, most velvety, fluffiest, most cottony, most satiny, hairiest, shaggiest, roughest, most velvetlike, most silklike, bristliest, most hirsute, most unshorn, most flocculent, most lanate, most furred, brushiest, bushiest, most floccose, most whiskered, most pilose, stubbliest, flossiest, most pileous, most bewhiskered, most bearded, lintiest, most cushiony, frizziest, most piliferous, most villous, most peachlike, peachiest, longest-haired, most plumy, most featherlike, most pilous, most lanigerous, most laniferous … more
downest
  1. superlative form of down: most down
downing
  1. present participle of down
  2. Synonyms:
      3. drinking, quaffing, swallowing, swigging, swilling, guzzling, gulping, imbibing, sipping, supping, necking, slurping, chugging, scarfing, snarfing, sinking, draining, slugging, killing, sucking, gulping down, knocking back, drinking up, polishing off, drinking down, tossing off, finishing off, getting down, swilling down, snarfing down, snarfing up, eating, devouring, gobbling, ingesting, consuming, wolfing, bolting, ingurgitating, noshing, gormandizing, gobbling up, partake of, scarfing down, feeding on, gobbling down, scarfing up, putting away, bolting down … more
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