1. Having a fluffy character or appearance
   "The woolly clouds drifted across the sky";
   - flocculent, wooly [N. Amer]
    
2. Confused and vague; used especially of thinking
   "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"; "your woolly-minded little brain";
   - addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, wooly [N. Amer], woolly-headed, wooly-minded [N. Amer], woolly-minded
    
3. Covered with dense often matted or curly hairs
   "woolly lambs"; "woolly-haired lambs";
   - wooly [N. Amer], wooly-haired [N. Amer], woolly-haired
    
4. Covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments
   "the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton";
   - lanate

1. A woollen garment, especially a pullover or sweater
   "He put on a warm woolly before going out"

Derived forms: woollier, woollies, woolliest

See also: confused, fuddled, haired, hairy, hirsute, soft

Encyclopedia: Woolly