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# feathery

«feathery» in Mova's school dictionary: **covered with feathers** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (feathery, featherier, featheriest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Feathery means covered with feathers. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feathery/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feathery/#x1)
- Feathery cirrus clouds floated high in the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feathery/#x2)
- Carrots have feathery green leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feathery/#x3)
- Some dinosaurs were feathery, scientists say. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feathery/#x4)
- The snow fell in feathery flakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feathery/#x5)
- The fern's feathery fronds swayed in the breeze. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [Fairyflies have feathery wings of a stalk and long hairs and row through the air almost as if it were syrup.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/365-tiny-champions-the-strongest-beetle-the-highest-jumping-flea-and-the-leggiest-millipede/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «feathery» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feathery/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.