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单词 feathery
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Definition of feathery in English:

feathery

adjective ˈfɛð(ə)riˈfɛð(ə)ri
  • Having, covered with, or resembling feathers.

    wisps of feathery blonde hair
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She stares down at the infant and reaches out to touch its fine, feathery black hair.
    • Picking up a small dandelion as they walked, Sara struggled to blow off all the flimsy, feathery seedlings.
    • I felt that weird shifting movement and a feathery light object grazed my bare skin.
    • That one sweet moment of tender love and care, wrapped up in a light feathery kiss.
    • Hats must be worn, and not little feathery flimsy things, but proper ones which cover the crown.
    Synonyms
    feathered, plumed, plumy
    downy, fluffy, fuzzy, fleecy
    technical plumose, plumate
    flimsy, delicate, diaphanous, fine, thin, sheer, gossamer, gossamer-like, gossamer-thin, gossamery, gauzelike, gauzy, wispy, floaty, insubstantial, unsubstantial, ethereal, incorporeal, vaporous, airy
    light, lightweight, feather-like, light as a feather

Derivatives

  • featheriness

  • noun ˈfɛðərɪnəsˈfɛð(ə)rinəs
    • Just look at all these cuts in the thick rubber that give the piece its featheriness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Her wings are spread out, catching the light with their pink featheriness.
      • Certainly the meaning of Miro's art is neither sand nor tar nor the featheriness of the feather nor the ropiness of rope.

Rhymes

heathery, leathery

Definition of feathery in US English:

feathery

adjectiveˈfɛð(ə)riˈfeT͟H(ə)rē
  • Having, covered with, or resembling feathers.

    wisps of feathery blonde hair
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She stares down at the infant and reaches out to touch its fine, feathery black hair.
    • I felt that weird shifting movement and a feathery light object grazed my bare skin.
    • That one sweet moment of tender love and care, wrapped up in a light feathery kiss.
    • Hats must be worn, and not little feathery flimsy things, but proper ones which cover the crown.
    • Picking up a small dandelion as they walked, Sara struggled to blow off all the flimsy, feathery seedlings.
    Synonyms
    feathered, plumed, plumy
    flimsy, delicate, diaphanous, fine, thin, sheer, gossamer, gossamer-like, gossamer-thin, gossamery, gauzelike, gauzy, wispy, floaty, insubstantial, unsubstantial, ethereal, incorporeal, vaporous, airy
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