as in graceful
moving easily
the thief was eerily feline as he moved stealthily through the darkened rooms
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Recent Examples of feline
Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
There's no direct evidence that cats can tell when someone is pregnant, but there is plenty to suggest our feline friends are perceptive enough to know when change is afoot.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Other signs of feline love also include sleeping near you; following you everywhere; greeting you at the door; and bringing you presents (like toys or prey).
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Fluffy truly grew into her name, and is now a big ball of adorable fluffy who is living her best life with feline friend Tux.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Pace said many of the cats are suffering from upper respiratory infections, eye infections and feline leukemia virus or feline immunodeficiency virus.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
There's no direct evidence that cats can tell when someone is pregnant, but there is plenty to suggest our feline friends are perceptive enough to know when change is afoot.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Other signs of feline love also include sleeping near you; following you everywhere; greeting you at the door; and bringing you presents (like toys or prey).
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Fluffy truly grew into her name, and is now a big ball of adorable fluffy who is living her best life with feline friend Tux.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feline
Noun
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Don’t be surprised if your cat claims it as his own.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
26 Apr. 2025
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Gripe of the Week Bright red Hostas, deep blue strawberries, roses that glow magenta at night, orchids with cat and panda bear faces, ears of corn with tiny human ears.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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France is a culture of manners, of eloquence, of graceful behavior, as if life itself, from the grandly public to the intimately domestic, were essentially performative, requiring constant self-control.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Originally built in 1895, the residence sits on more than three acres and includes a formal garden, a tranquil reflecting pond, and a graceful limestone-domed gazebo.—
Zlata Kozul Naumovski,
Architectural Digest,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Subsequent scans revealed that the kitten had fluid on her lungs and showed signs of a hiatal hernia, which is when part of the stomach bulges through the diaphragm.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Thankfully, the kittens were discovered and rescued right in time before something worse fell on them.—
TJ Macias,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Yet 12 league games into the season, having been handed an £80million transfer kitty, Cooper was gone.—
Rob Tanner,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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This '70s campy classic tells the story of an extraterrestrial kitty on the run from Earth's government. 19.—
Devan Coggan,
EW.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Feline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feline. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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