feathery adj 1: resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers; "feathery palm trees" [syn: {featherlike}, {feathery}] 2: characterized by a covering of feathers; "the feathery congregation of jays" 3: adorned with feathers or plumes [syn: {feathery}, {feathered}, {plumy}]
Feathery \Feath"er*y\, a. Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Ye feathery people of mid air. --Barry Cornwall. [1913 Webster]
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