Meaning of FEATHERY
Pronunciation: | | 'fedhuree
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- [adj] adorned with feathers or plumes
- [adj] characterized by a covering of feathers; "the feathery congregaton of jays"
- [adj] resembling a feather or feathers; "feathery palm trees"
- [adj] suggestive of feathers in lightness; "feathery snowflakes"
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| Synonyms: | | adorned, decorated, feathered, featherlike, light, plumy |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Feath"er*y\, a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as
with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow. --Milton.
Ye feathery people of mid air. --Barry
Cornwall.
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| Related Terms: | | airy, bubbly, downy, ethereal, fleecy, flossy, fluffy, foamy, frothy, furry, fuzzy, gossamery, hirsute, imponderous, lanate, leger, light, light as air, lighter than vanity, mousse, nappy, peachy, pinnate, pubescent, souffle, unheavy, velvety, volatile, weightless, woolly, yeasty |
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