featherlike
- adjective
- /ˈfɛðərˌlaɪk/
:
plumoso
- His featherlike scarf danced lightly in the breeze as he walked down the street.
- featherlike structures
Examples
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Haydon's vision faded as he felt the touch of many featherlike arms circulate fresh water over his injuries and move him through the water.
Fiction book (2001) -
The artist used featherlike brush strokes to create a soft and airy effect in the painting.
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The bird's featherlike wings allowed it to glide gracefully through the air.
Synonyms
77
1.0
Soft and light, like fur or feathers
6
3.4
Having a light soft texture like feathers
1
6.7
Having feathers on a bird or used as decoration on clothing
1
8.1
Having soft feathers like a bird's crest
Having soft parts that look like feathers
A thing that has soft, feathery parts like a large feather
Soft like the feathers that keep a bird warm
Having wings with feathers like a bird
Antonyms
How Feathery
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Featherlike comes from the simple word feather, the soft, light parts that cover birds, and the ending -like, which means 'similar to'. So featherlike describes something that looks or feels 'like a feather', meaning it is light, soft, or shaped like one.