n.
Variant: also wooly
Pronunciation: ' wu ̇ -l ē
Function: adjective
Inflected Form: wool · li · er ; -est
Date: 15th century
1 a : resembling wool b : of, relating to, or bearing wool
2 a : lacking in clearness or sharpness of outline <a woolly TV picture> b : marked by mental confusion < woolly thinking>
3 : marked by boisterous roughness or lack of order or restraint <where the West is still woolly ― Paul Schubert> ― used especially in the phrase wild and woolly
– wool · li · ly \ -l ə -l ē \ adverb
– wool · li · ness noun