[ UK /flˈiːsi/ ]
[ US /ˈfɫisi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing
    a fleecy lining
    napped fabrics
    a dress of brushed cotton
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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.
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