Down"y (-&ybreve;), a.
1. Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft
hairs. "A downy feather." Shak.
Plants that . . . have downy or velvet rind
upon their leaves.
Bacon.
2. Made of, or resembling, down. Hence,
figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet. "A downy
shower." Keble. "Downy pillow." Pope.
Time steals on with downy feet.
Young.
3. Cunning; wary. [Slang, Eng.]
Latham.