What does feathery mean?we found 4 entries for the meaning of feathery
 

Feathery \Feath"er*y\, a. Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Ye feathery people of mid air. --Barry Cornwall. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "feathery": airy, bubbly, downy, ethereal, fleecy, flossy, fluffy, foamy, frothy, furry, fuzzy, gossamery, hirsute, imponderous, lanate, leger, light, light as air, lighter than vanity, mousse, nappy, peachy, pinnate, pubescent, souffle, unheavy, velvety, volatile, weightless, woolly, yeasty

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

feathery adj
1: suggestive of feathers in lightness; "feathery snowflakes" [syn: featherlike]
2: resembling a feather or feathers; "feathery palm trees" [syn: featherlike]
3: characterized by a covering of feathers; "the feathery congregaton of jays"
4: adorned with feathers or plumes [syn: feathered, plumy]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Feathery \Feath"er*y\, a. Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow. --Milton.

Ye feathery people of mid air. --Barry Cornwall.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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