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featherily

featherily adverb: in a feathery manner.

Adverb

featherily (comparative more featherily, superlative most featherily)

  1. in a feathery manner
    • Twice it rained in the night, but it was a gentle rain, whimpering featherily on the skin coverings of the conical lodges.1960, Janice Holt Giles, Johnny Osage

Forms of featherily

comparativemore featherily
superlativemost featherily

Origin of featherily

From feathery + -ly.

Questions about featherily

What does featherily mean?
Featherily means in a feathery manner.
What part of speech is featherily?
Featherily is an adverb.

Words near featherily in the dictionary

  1. featherheaded
  2. featherheads
  3. featherier
  4. featheries
  5. featheriest
  6. featherily
  7. featheriness
  8. feathering
  9. feathering one's nest
  10. feathering one's own nest
  11. feathering strip

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