Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.
The chick's downy coat of feathers formed almost immediately to keep it warm.
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(slang, dated) Sharp-witted, perceptive.
1947, Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, Speech in UK House of Commons, 10th November 1947:
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(UK, Norfolk) Low-spirited; down in the mouth.
The chick's downy coat of feathers formed almost immediately to keep it warm.
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