Meaning of pilly | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Covered in pills (particles created by mechanical wear).
2. Characterized by or involving many pills.

Examples

“After many washings, my favorite sweater is faded and pilly.”

“I gave the superintendent a deposit and I got a room on the third floor with a bed that had sheets and a pilly blanket and a pillow so flat you had to fold it over to rest your head on it.”

“One was a young woman with stringy brown hair, a pilly black sweater and fabulous boots of parti-coloured suede.”

“So many stuffed animals. Most were pristine—their fur shiny and smooth, barely a nap on them—except for two worn creatures: a round turtle with a pilly knit shell and a brown bear with a round head and a flat body that looked like someone had literally squeezed the stuffing out of it..”

“Resuming her walk, she takes out her phone. Pulls up pictures of his sketches: a battered shoebox beneath a car, a cat beside the shoebox, one eye open. A pilly sweater, one arm still crossed over a pile of cash.”

“Paiuline Eichstadt spent a week at home womewhat indisposed with Eddie as doctor and nursemaid. A pilly and puny vacation he spent.”

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