as in lightweight
having little weight
the apple pie had a wonderfully feathery crust
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Recent Examples of feathery
This season, as the Celtics can attest, that no longer is a talking point, his feathery 13-foot jumper with 20.4 seconds remaining sealing Tuesday’s victory.
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2023
Four children in feathery, white angel costumes spun quickly to make their dresses twirl, waving to their parents, who sat nearby.
—Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Dec. 2022
Your choice of feel—feathery Corrado or Talon heft.
—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Dec. 2022
Meanwhile, in England, Queen Victoria used the term tannenbaum for the feathery trees, while President Franklin Pierce, in 1856, put up the first Christmas tree in the White House.
—Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2022
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2023
Four children in feathery, white angel costumes spun quickly to make their dresses twirl, waving to their parents, who sat nearby.
—Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Dec. 2022
Your choice of feel—feathery Corrado or Talon heft.
—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Dec. 2022
Meanwhile, in England, Queen Victoria used the term tannenbaum for the feathery trees, while President Franklin Pierce, in 1856, put up the first Christmas tree in the White House.
—Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feathery
lightweight
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These include electric vehicles with extended driving ranges, large-scale renewable energy storage systems that can balance intermittent solar and wind power, and lightweight, flexible power sources for portable and wearable electronics.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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The former women’s lightweight champion spent several years living in Charlotte — where much of the boxing biopic was shot, The Charlotte Observer previously reported.—
Chyna Blackmon,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Feathery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feathery. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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