Down"y (?), 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.
© Webster 1913.