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Definition of Feathery
1. Adjective. Resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers. "Feathery palm trees"
2. Adjective. Characterized by a covering of feathers. "The feathery congregation of jays"
3. Adjective. Adorned with feathers or plumes.
Similar to: Adorned, Decorated
Derivative terms: Feather, Featheriness
Definition of Feathery
1. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow.
Definition of Feathery
1. Adjective. resembling feathers ¹
2. Adjective. covered with feathers ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Feathery
1. resembling feathers [adj -ERIER, -ERIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feathery
Literary usage of Feathery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Perennials by Loudon (Jane) (1843)
"THE MEADOW RUE, OR feathery COLUMBINE. Lia. Syst. ... This species is very
ornamental, from the feathery brightness of its flowers, the stamens of which are ..."
2. The Journals of Washington Irving (hitherto Unpublished) by Washington Irving (1919)
"The weather is in its perfection — golden sunshine — not oppressive but animating —
skies without a cloud — or if there be clouds, of feathery texture and ..."
3. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1888)
"All feathery grasses are among the most lovely for minor decorative purposes or
designs, and this may also be said of the Australian ..."
4. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"... around— For his wild harp lies all unstrung, As gayly charm thy feathery
throng; But now unheeded is the song, And cold the hand that waked its sound. ..."
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