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[ feth-uh-ree ] / ˈfɛð ə ri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR feathery ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveclothed or covered with feathers; feathered. resembling feathers; light; airy; unsubstantial: feathery clouds. Origin of featheryFirst recorded in 1570–80; feather + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM featheryfeath·er·i·ness, nounWords nearby featheryfeatherstitch, feather-tail glider, feather tract, feather-veined, featherweight, feathery, featly, feature, featured, feature-length, featureless Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for featheryThe creation has a feathery train and a ragged flow of ruffled panels, which create the body of the dress and extend to the floor. Here Comes the Bride…In Flaming Red: Two Centuries of Colorful Wedding Dresses|Liza Foreman|May 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Feathery and light, it can prepare the ground for all that follows. 10 Rules for a Great Valentine's Day Kiss|William Cane|February 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST One day in Pennsylvania, he slaughtered 70 pheasant in a fine display of feathery carnage. Sarah Palin, the Sequel|Christopher Buckley|November 10, 2008|DAILY BEAST There, a million million feathery daisies sway and dance in the breeze, lifting their snowy wheels to the blue June sky. Ladies-In-Waiting|Kate Douglas Wiggin
However this may be, there certainly is a decidedly German sentiment in the feathery scrolls just described. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 3|Various One day, after his mother had gone, he was lying very still in the nest, looking up through the feathery grass. How to Tell Stories to Children|Sara Cone Bryant In autumn the water meadows are a shimmer of purple and red from the masses of feathery lavender that grow there. The road is a little-traveled one, and furrows of feathery grasses grow between the long, hot, sandy stretches of the wheel-ruts. The Village Watch-Tower|(AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
Words related to featheryfluffy, feathered, downy, light |