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Recent Examples of floaty
Despite its colossal size, the look managed to exude an ethereal aura with its floaty, sheer layers and curved draping details on the sweetheart-neckline bodice.
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Justine Fisher, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Combat can often be janky, with some weapons feeling floaty and imprecise, enemies sometimes bugging out, frozen in place for the party to massacre.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
Her third outfit took on a bohemian vibe with a white floaty blouse, cropped jacket, and riding boots complemented by long white socks.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
The steering also lightens up as the 235-millimeter-wide rubber scrabbles to find grip, the wheels and tires smooth and floaty with just enough traction for rally racing fun.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Justine Fisher, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Combat can often be janky, with some weapons feeling floaty and imprecise, enemies sometimes bugging out, frozen in place for the party to massacre.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
Her third outfit took on a bohemian vibe with a white floaty blouse, cropped jacket, and riding boots complemented by long white socks.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
The steering also lightens up as the 235-millimeter-wide rubber scrabbles to find grip, the wheels and tires smooth and floaty with just enough traction for rally racing fun.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floaty
Adjective
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Social media posts and years of reviewing cookie-cutter luxury hotels had conditioned me to equate floating breakfasts, monogrammed accessories, butler service, and aromatherapy menus as markers of a dreamy luxury vacation.—
Katherine Alex Beaven,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Oct. 2024
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The boat, a single motorboat, was found floating and half-submerged near the Harbor One Marina.—
Julia Gomez,
USA TODAY,
3 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Considering how long Canada was ahead, this result should feel like a letdown for Jesse Marsch’s side, which had been in buoyant form.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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Mirren, eldest daughter of the youngest Sinclair sister Bess (King), isn’t much more than Cadence’s formerly buoyant but now ill cousin in the book.—
Alyssa Davis,
People.com,
19 June 2025
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“Floaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floaty. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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