adjective

• Having, covered with, or resembling feathers.

  ‘wisps of feathery blonde hair’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Hats must be worn, and not little feathery flimsy things, but proper ones which cover the crown.’
  • ‘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.’
  • ‘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.’

  Synonyms

  feathered, plumed, plumy

  flimsy, delicate, diaphanous, fine, thin, sheer, gossamer, gossamer-like, gossamer-thin, gossamery, gauze-like, gauzy, wispy, floaty, insubstantial, unsubstantial, ethereal, incorporeal, vaporous, airy

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