—adj. (woollier, woolliest)
1 bearing or naturally covered with wool or wool-like hair.
2 resembling or suggesting wool (woolly clouds).
3 (of a sound) indistinct.
4 (of thought) vague or confused.
5 Bot. downy.
6 lacking in definition, luminosity, or incisiveness.
—n. (pl. -ies) colloq. a woollen garment, esp. a knitted pullover.
Phrases and idioms:
woolly-bear a large hairy caterpillar, esp. of the tiger moth.
Derivatives:
woolliness n.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.