woolly

also adj., -li·er, also -i·er, -li·est, -i·est.

1. 1. Relating to, consisting of, or covered with wool.
   2. Resembling wool.
2. 1. Lacking sharp detail or clarity: woolly television reception.
   2. Mentally or intellectually disorganized or unclear: woolly thinking.
3. Having the characteristics of the rough, generally lawless atmosphere of the American frontier: wild and woolly.

n., pl., -lies, also -ies.

1. A garment made of wool, especially an undergarment of knitted wool.
2. Australian. A sheep.

woolliness wool'li·ness n.

or wooly

(WOOL-ee)

adjective
1. Fuzzy; unclear; confused; vague; disorganized; rough.
2. Of or relating to wool.

Etymology
From Old English wull

Usage
"Edward Scicluna: This woolly and opaque way of reporting and forecasting must stop." — Charlot Zahra; Is Restarting the Excessive Deficit Procedure Justified? Business Today (Malta); May 13, 2009.

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adjective

Covered with hair: fleecy, furry, fuzzy, hairy, hirsute, pilose. See smooth/rough.

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The adjective has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: having a fluffy character or appearance
  Synonyms: flocculent, wooly

Meaning #2: confused and vague; used especially of thinking
  Synonyms: addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded

Meaning #3: covered with dense often matted or curly hairs
  Synonym: wooly

Meaning #4: covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments
  Synonym: lanate

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ulden, uld-, uldhåret
n. - uldent tøj, strikket tøj, uldent undertøj

Nederlands (Dutch)
wollig, vaag, wild, wollen kledingstuk

Français (French)
adj. - laineux, cotonneux, de laine, (fig) flou
n. - lainage

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wollig, Woll-, undeutlich, verschwommen
n. - Kleidungsstück aus Wolle

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σαν μαλλί, σκεπασμένος με μαλλί, μάλλινος, μαλλιαρός, χνουδωτός, (μτφ.) ασαφής, μπερδεμένος, συγκεχυμένος
n. - μάλλινο, πλεχτό

Italiano (Italian)
lanoso, indistinto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - de lã, confuso
n. - artigo de lã (m)

Русский (Russian)
шерстяной свитер, шерстяное трикотажное белье, покрытый шерстью, шерстистый, мохнатый, пушистый, смутный, нечеткий, грубый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - de lana, crespo, aborregado, lanoso
n. - prenda de lana, esp. ropa interior de lana

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ullig, oklar
n. - ylletröja

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
羊毛制的, 似羊毛的, 模糊的, 羊毛制品

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 羊毛製的, 似羊毛的, 模糊的
n. - 羊毛製品

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 양털의, 텁수룩한, 털이 많은
n. - 모직의 옷, 니트웨어, 양

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 羊毛の, 羊毛のような, はっきりしない, ぼんやりした
n. - ウールの衣類, セーター, ウールの肌着

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) صوفي (الاسم) البلوفر أي الكنزة المصنوعه من الصوف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮צמרי, צמרירי, מכוסה צמר, מבולבל, מעורפל‬
n. - ‮אפודה, סוודר‬

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