adj. & n.
adj. (woollier, woolliest) 1 bearing or naturally covered with wool or wool-like hair. 2 resembling or suggesting wool (woolly clouds). 3 (of a sound) indistinct. 4 (of thought) vague or confused. 5 Bot. downy. 6 lacking in definition, luminosity, or incisiveness.
n. (pl. -ies) colloq. a woollen garment, esp. a knitted pullover. woolly-bear a large hairy caterpillar, esp. of the tiger moth. woolliness n.