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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Feathery \Feath"er*y\, adjective 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
feathery
adjective
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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