Resembling down feathers in texture, appearance, or quality; soft and fluffy like downy plumage.
Compound of 'down' (Old Norse 'dúnn') and '-like' (Old English 'līc', meaning 'similar to'), creating an adjective that compares something to the qualities of down feathers.
The '-like' suffix is endlessly creative—we spontaneously create words like 'bird-like,' 'cloud-like,' and 'downlike' to make precise comparisons that exact adjectives can't capture!
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