different between woodly vs wooly

English

From Middle English woodly, wodly, wodliche (“furiously, wildly”), equivalent to wood (“mad, furious, wild, insane”) +? -ly.

woodly (comparative more woodly, superlative most woodly)

(obsolete) Madly; furiously.
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From Middle English wolly, equivalent to wool +? -y.

wooly (comparative woolier, superlative wooliest)

(American spelling) Alternative form of woolly
Put on a wooly jumper and turn down the thermostat.
wooly hair
That's the sort of wooly thinking that causes wars to start.

wooly (plural woolies)

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