Definitions for feathery

feathery feath·er·y

Spelling: [feth -uh-ree]
IPA: /ˈfɛð ə ri/

Feathery is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 226 anagrams from letters in feathery (aeefhrty).

Definitions for feathery

adjective

  1. clothed or covered with feathers; feathered.
  2. resembling feathers; light; airy; unsubstantial:

Origin of feathery

First recorded in 1570-80; feather + -y1

Examples for feathery

His footfall was a feathery thing that carried him like a shadow to the door.

To his left lay the nest, a mass of feathery grass and mosses.

The design shows a feathery effect, as in embroidery tambour.

Outside, the tall elm-tops were hardly to be seen through the feathery storm.

The stillness beat as before, like a thing with feathery wings.

feathery and light, it can prepare the ground for all that follows.

One day in Pennsylvania, he slaughtered 70 pheasant in a fine display of feathery carnage.

They were full of feathery softness and of sudden and spirited scratches.

"Yonder," said Rose, pointing to a feathery bush not far off.

The creation has a feathery train and a ragged flow of ruffled panels, which create the body of the dress and extend to the floor.

Word Value for feathery
Scrable

17

Words with friends

15

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