Wooly vs Woolly - What's the difference?
wooly | woolly | Alternative forms |
(US)
(US)
Made of wool.
Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
(figuratively) Of thinking, principles, etc, based on emotion rather than logic.
(figuratively) Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.
(obsolete) Clothed in wool.
* Shakespeare
(informal) A sweater or similar garment made of wool
(Liverpool, pejorative) Someone not born in Liverpool (especially from the towns of Wigan, St Helen's, Widnes, Warrington and Runcorn).
Woolly is a related term of wooly.
Woolly is a alternative form of wooly.
Woolly is a derived term of wooly.
As adjectives the difference between wooly and woolly
is that wooly is alternative form of lang=en while woolly is made of wool.As nouns the difference between wooly and woolly
is that wooly is alternative form of lang=en while woolly is a sweater or similar garment made of wool.wooly
English
Adjective
(er)- Put on a wooly jumper and turn down the thermostat.
- wooly hair
- That's the sort of wooly thinking that causes wars to start.
Noun
(woolies)woolly
English
Alternative forms
* woolyEtymology 1
From .Adjective
(er)- Put on a woolly jumper and turn down the thermostat.
- woolly hair
- That's the sort of woolly thinking that causes wars to start.
- woolly breeders