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UK
/flˈiːsi/
]
[ US /ˈfɫisi/ ]
[ US /ˈfɫisi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing
a fleecy lining
napped fabrics
a dress of brushed cotton
How To Use fleecy In A Sentence
- The attacker is described as a Caucasian male with pale skin, 15-18 years old, approximately six foot tall and wearing a faded dark fleecy sweater with a hood.
- Down below, the pastoral green sun-drenched Czech landscape drifting slowly beneath fleecy white clouds - and countless menacing shells were bursting in between.
- From the low grounds beside the river a mist floated up, clinging in fleecy shreds to the short grass that grew in and out of the bare stubble. The Miller of Old Church
- The light fleecy cirrhi were regarded as mermaids, or as swans, or as maidens with swan's plumage. Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology
- I have this long-ish black fleecy coat with a hoody that I wear when it is really cold in the house and one day Marco remarked that I look like a black Eskimo in it. John Gascot: Black Eskimo: Something New
- It was a lovely afternoon with a blue sky and a few fleecy white clouds.
- Bill was carrying a pair of 7x50 binoculars, which gave him a closeup look at the rugged coastline with fleecy white clouds hovering over the mountain backdrop.
- A domesticated South American ruminant mammal(Lama glama) related to the camel, raised for its soft, fleecy wool and used as a beast of burden.
- Between the first tap and the second, I was off and away among the stars, clad in fleecy garments, touching each star as I passed in my pursuit of the formulae that would explain the last mystery of life. Chapter 11
- Each of the fleecy shell jackets is suspended from a hook, with the trousers tucked in beneath and bent at the knee so that the seat touches the hem.