adjective
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filmy and light
floaty material
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capable of floating; buoyant
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(of a vessel) riding high in the water; of shallow draught
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of floaty
First recorded in 1600–10; float + -y 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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He also brought nature to the runway with floaty silhouettes and a focus on flowers, including some worn by models as earrings.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
Head right and try on Bar jackets and floaty white dresses to your heart’s content.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
Exaggeratedly floaty dresses were sometimes chicly tucked into giant sheeny thigh-high leather pirate boots adding unexpected styling contrasts.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
The most difficult tasks she faces involve making sure the guests aren’t running too close to the pool and tracking down a Pokémon’s floaty.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
“Hi,” Omi said in the floaty voice she was using lately when she spoke to boys.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
With support from his friends and his mother, who offers him goggles and a pair of orange arm floaties, JJ decides to face his fears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
The dial-up modems screamed at anyone who wanted to surf the net, but surfing was more like sitting in the water with some floaties and a pool noodle compared to today’s internet.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2023
He and business partner Bardy Bayram briefly tossed up working noodles and coconut milk into the drink somehow, but decided floaties and a creamy flavour would probably be a bridge too far.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2023
Maryland-based Warehouse Cinemas has sold out its Thursday night "Malibu Beach Party" screenings featuring pink cocktails served in flamingo floaties, said president and CEO Rich Daughtridge.
From Reuters ● Jul. 20, 2023
But the Briggses left the country for four years, and when they came back neither girl wore floaties anymore.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
The flight might be longer, floatier and more manic than some might want from fiction, but it ended up, for me, feeling like art.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022
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