feathery

[ feth-uh-ree ]

adjective

1. clothed or covered with feathers; feathered. feather.
2. resembling feathers; light; airy; unsubstantial:

   feathery clouds.

Other Words From

• feather·i·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of feathery¹

First recorded in 1570–80; feather + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Eventually, shaving weight comes at the expense of stability and dampness, and many skiers know that feathery backcountry skis tend to skitter on resort hardpack.

From Outside Online

Fresh tarragon and Comte cheese inform his soft gnocchi, gathered with diced squash and feathery maitake mushrooms and finished with more grated cheese, which melts to form a delicious web over the dish.

From Washington Post

They formed narrow, feathery bands in the sky oriented from southwest to northeast.

From Washington Post

The LisHawk follows in the feathery footsteps of a similar robo-bird called the PigeonBot, which debuted back in January.

From Popular-Science

The team later took photographs and TikTok videos with the tiny feathery guest before letting it fly on its way.

From Science News

The creation has a feathery train and a ragged flow of ruffled panels, which create the body of the dress and extend to the floor.

From The Daily Beast

Feathery and light, it can prepare the ground for all that follows.

From The Daily Beast

One day in Pennsylvania, he slaughtered 70 pheasant in a fine display of feathery carnage.

From The Daily Beast

When rapidly deposited, as by artificial precipitation, triple phosphate often takes feathery, star- or leaf-like forms.

From Project Gutenberg

It was about a foot high with branching leaves and a fine feathery white flower.

From Project Gutenberg

Tussocks of feathery grass covered the rough surface of the ground, and out of these the larks soared into the hate of sunshine.

From Project Gutenberg

A little distance off, the feathery branches of a larch waved softly to and fro in the scarcely perceptible night-breeze.

From Project Gutenberg

On their poles in their house all the White Wyandottes perched like feathery balls, their heads sunk low on their breasts.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• feathered
• fluffy