Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Covered with or consisting of feathers.
- adj. Resembling or suggestive of a feather, as in form or lightness.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Clothed or covered with feathers.
- Resembling feathers; light; airy; unsubstantial: as, the feathery spray; feathery clouds.
- In botany, same as plumose: applied to an awn or a bristle that is bordered with fine, soft hairs. Also feathered.
Wiktionary
- adj. resembling feathers
- adj. covered with feathers
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers
- adj. characterized by a covering of feathers
- adj. adorned with feathers or plumes
Etymologies
- feather + -y (Wiktionary)
Examples
“As far as the feathery biscuits are concerned, the word feathery says it all.”
“In 1973, a hailstorm in Arkansas encased ducks in so much ice they were described as feathery bowling balls.”
“We pulled a toothpick through the frosting to give the feathers a more "feathery" appearance.”
“At their distance from the shore it was impossible to make out the individual trees, but there seemed to be clumps of noble pines some distance in, and the valleys were made ornamental with some kind of feathery growth.”
“Obviously substituting in 150g of the more 'feathery' original Splenda would be out of the question.”
“Love these outfits very bright and colorful you're all fantastic at KH cosplay lovely riku wig it looks more feathery which is good and axel's spikes just get cooler and cooler; D xD”
“It was a little thing that I was happy to do," said Mr. Koh, clad in feathery signature white, gesturing at the black-and-white watercolor, "Japan Love Storie.”
“The bird swooped down, and I stood, as if poised for a flight of my own, and watched its feathery gray body shoot upward.”
“Instead they are lighting and relighting their feathery bodies with the eternal green flame.”
“But flesh-tone frocks, pink-feathery explosions and appearing as though you're going to either a wedding or a funeral won't earn you high marks this time around.”
The Huffington Post: SAG Awards 2011: Who Was Worst-Dressed? (PHOTOS, POLL)
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘feathery’.
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Fairylike
fairylike, enchanted, pixieish, pixyish, impish, mischievous, fluttery, magical, bewitching, enchanting, fey, otherworldly and 126 more...
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Words describing singing voices
mellifluous, gravelly, rusty bathtub, velvet fog, howling, laconic, fluttering, quavery, hypnotic, stilted, lilting, sonorous and 47 more...
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favored
visceral, twinkle, whalebone, incandescent, carousel, entangle, brevity, desolate, twirl, deltoid, graceless, tryst and 94 more...
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eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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Descriptive
The present, the future. Goals, wishes, hopes.
capricious, sericeous, sleek, flawless, charming, skilled, long-haired, versatile, beautiful, witty, fair, thin and 145 more...
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theastic's Words
cellar, stalemate, wrought, opal, tyrant, squelch, squab, linen, tartan, paisley, scope, siren and 395 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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Jacqueline's Words
glittery, horny, amazing, wanderlust, forlorn, lustily, nonchalant, cool, passive, submissive, roundabout, carousel and 558 more...
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lauren_inretrospective's list
words I adore....
ethereal, luminiscent, etiquette, surreal, plumage, feathery, vintage, jubilee, rouge, satin, fathom, height and 101 more...
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to be sorted
litter, palanquin, aver, catamite, phlox, pliant, modicum, poorthink, cow, decalogue, caveat, dais and 175 more...
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Things Avian
Wordies relating to birdies. :-)
calidrid, corvid, avian, avifauna, beak, brood, aerie, altricial, albumen, winged, wattle, covey and 217 more...
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Tunie: The Devil and the Feathery Wife
Recorded by Martin Carthy.
Now there was an old farmer lived over the hill
And a poor old fellow they say
He was plagued by a scolding wife
The worst misfortune that day<...demons, dwell, quail, damned, hiss, steam, navel, tea, feathers, barrel, stark naked, droppings and 27 more...
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touch and feel
corduroy, lace, velvet, feathery, sand, polished, tweed, wool, silk, leather, hessian, muslin and 4 more...
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sensual
for the books
delicate, delicious, demure, dwell, content, daring, contortion, eager, desire, covert, chasm, easily and 29 more...
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lola's Words
piquant, buzzard, flutter, secret, purloin, swimmingly, tortilla, rascal, cloudless, squirrel, buddha, stevedore and 20 more...
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