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featherlight

American  
[feth-er-lahyt] / ˈfɛð ərˈlaɪt /

adjective

  1. extremely light as a feather.


Etymology

Origin of featherlight

First recorded in 1830–40; feather + light 2

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Tommy Richman’s TikTok smash “Million Dollar Baby” was one of the year’s inescapable singles — a brash, funky and featherlight falsetto that rattled out of cars windows and phone speakers for months.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 8, 2024

Lazily chilled-out, the Hammond organ is played with a featherlight touch, and the drums are gently brushed.

From BBC Nov. 4, 2024

The featherlight membranes, thinner than a human hair, can be inserted with minimally invasive surgery and contain no moving parts.

From Science Daily Feb. 21, 2024

I had traveled to this, the oldest of Canada’s national parks, in the heart of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, for its famously featherlight, powdery snow.

From Seattle Times Nov. 14, 2021

None of the humans felt the featherlight feet of winged creatures alighting on their brows and cheekbones, much less the smooth intrusion of the Muse of Nightmares into their minds.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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