Meaning & use
Pilly
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Covered with small balls of fluff (pills) that form on fabric through friction and wear.
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The sweater looked pilly after just a few washes.
She avoided buying that fabric because it gets pilly so quickly.
A note on using this word
From 'pill', the small fuzzy balls that form on knitted or woven fabric, especially cheaper synthetic blends.
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fuzzybobbled
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