1. Covered with dense often matted or curly hairs
   "The wooly-haired sheep needed regular shearing";
   - woolly, wooly-haired [N. Amer], woolly-haired
    
2. Having a fluffy character or appearance
   "The wooly sheep grazed in the meadow";
   - flocculent, woolly
    
3. Confused and vague; used especially of thinking
   "your wooly little brain";
   - addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded [N. Amer], woolly-minded

Derived forms: wooliest, woolier

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

Encyclopedia: Wooly