FEATHERY


Meaning of FEATHERY in English

ˈfeth(ə)rē, -ri adjective

( often -er/-est )

1. : resembling or suggesting a feather, a bunch of feathers, or the barbs of a feather in shape, texture, quality, or weight: as

a. : light and delicate

a feathery touch on the piano keys

: almost weightless and delicately unsubstantial

feathery snow

feathery ash

b. : delicately marked or flecked as if with a feather or in a way resembling feather markings

a feathery sky

: marked by delicate tracery or extremely lightly applied decoration or decorative elements

an orchestra playing with a feathery elegance

c. : light and fluffy

feathery pastry

d. : fanning out gracefully and delicately like feathers in a plume

feathery palm trees

2. : covered with or as if with feathers

joined the feathery congregation of jays

a feathery landscape

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