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# feathery

adjective (feathery, featherier, featheriest)

«feathery» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Feathery means covered with feathers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feathery/#m1)
2. Feathery means light, soft or delicate, like a feather: «feathery clouds», «feathery leaves». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feathery/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, birds have feathery bodies; some dinosaurs had feathery coats too. In art and creative writing, «feathery» is a describing word for soft snow, ferns or wispy clouds (cirrus clouds look feathery). Phrases: «feathery leaves», «feathery clouds», «feathery touch».

### Examples

- The baby chick was soft and feathery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feathery/#x1)
- Feathery cirrus clouds floated high in the sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feathery/#x2)
- Carrots have feathery green leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feathery/#x3)
- Some dinosaurs were feathery, scientists say. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feathery/#x4)
- The snow fell in feathery flakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feathery/#x5)
- The fern's feathery fronds swayed in the breeze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feathery/#x6)
- Very cautiously the large leaves were removed, and there appeared the feathery seed-crown of the despised dandelion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feathery/#x7)

### Note

Adjective from «feather». Comparative «more feathery» is more common than «featherier». A good word for adding detail in descriptive writing.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «feathery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feathery/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«feathery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/feathery.html) on Mova free.