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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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


                                                    Cornwall.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

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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