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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Bones stayed true to her witchy boho aesthetic for her final perfomance outfit, donning a floaty black gown paired with black leather thigh-high boots and gloves.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
I’ll put snacks on a floaty and I’ll eat snacks while they’re floating by me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 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
Previously seen in the fashion house's spring-summer 2023 line, the depiction, matched with animals prints, features on floaty dresses, beachwear, accessories and homeware.
From Reuters ● Jun. 1, 2023
And a greenwavy, thickwatery, lumpy, seaweedy, floaty, bottomless bottomful feeling.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Maybe even throw a couple of floaties on him and jump in the pool together.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
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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