featherlike
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- adjective
- /ˈfɛðərˌlaɪk/
- 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
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Soft and light, like fur or feathers
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Having a light soft texture like feathers
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Having feathers on a bird or used as decoration on clothing
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Having soft feathers like a bird's crest
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Having wings with feathers like a bird
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Soft like the feathers that keep a bird warm
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A thing that has soft, feathery parts like a large feather
Having soft parts that look like feathers
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.