featly

²featly

adj

Definition of FEATLY

: graceful, neat

Examples of FEATLY

1. <featly swans gliding silently across the still waters of the lake>

First Known Use of FEATLY

1801

Related to FEATLY

Synonyms: agile, graceful, feline, gracile, light, light-footed (also light-foot), lightsome, lissome (also lissom), lithe, lithesome, nimble, spry

Antonyms: awkward, clumsy, gawky, graceless, klutzy, lumbering, ungainly, ungraceful

Related Words: acrobatic, flexible, limber, loose-jointed, pliable, pliant, supple; adroit, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), light-fingered; fleet-footed, sure-footed; athletic, balletic, coordinated

Near Antonyms: uncoordinated; inflexible, rigid, stiff; bungling, inept, maladroit

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