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• The trunk is unbranched, often much shortened, and bears a crown of feathery or pinnate fronds.From the entry pinnate
• That feathery touch on my neck gave me the chills.From the entry chills
• Many people love their backyard birds, but some of us may not realize that those feathery friends are also literally dinosaurs, in a biologically accurate sense of that word.From the entry dinosaur
• The wind blows and the hemlocks wave their feathery leading shoots.2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 380. From the entry hemlock
• Both have feathery things and a band around the head, but the hatinator also has a brim.2011 July 29, Miriam Lord, “Ladies Day punters spend like it's going out of fashion”, in The Irish Times. From the entry hatinator
• There are two pairs of stumpy legs and three pairs of feathery gills behind the head.2007, Ross Piper, Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and Unusual Animals, page 266. From the entry olm
• It was a flying horse — no, a unicorn — or a pegacorn? — feathery wings outstretched.2006 July 11, Alea Bushardt, Cloud Filly, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 42. From the entry pegacorn
• The filter-feeding feather duster worms produce fantastic flower-like crowns of feathery appendages.2001, Julian Sprung, Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide, page 135. From the entry flowerlike
• Apographic structures include a number of varieties: feathery or dendritic, augen, gneissose, ichthyoglyptic, etc.1958, Akademii͡a nauk SSSR, Proceedings: Geological sciences sections - Volumes 121-123. From the entry apographic
• Liddell nodded, exhaled a feathery tendril of dirty white smoke ceilingward.1949, Frank Kane, Green Light for Death, Prologue Books, published 2012, →ISBN. From the entry ceilingward
• Then comes the bonus— in the fall, the wispy stems called “fern” become a blaze of yellow, floofy, feathery stems.2012, Joy Bossi, Karen Bastow, The Incredible Edible Landscape, →ISBN, page 15. From the entry floofy
• On the fourth day, the Pookah reached down and suddenly pulled a long and feathery fish from the sea.2010, T L Johnston, Swordsinger - Volume 2, →ISBN. From the entry pookah
• He would wuffle and snuggle from just outside, wagging his feathery tail in appreciation of his tiny young friend's attentions.2009, Christopher J. Wortham, Fragments… From Two Lives on Three Continents, Eloquent Books, →ISBN, page 18. From the entry wuffle
• Feathery False Lily Of The Valley has arching or erect stems up to 3 feet (1 m) tall that arise from a fleshy underground stem.2007, George Wilby Scotter, Hälle Flygare, Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains, Whitecap Books, page 55. From the entry feathery false lily of the valley
• Then pull out and discard the feathery gills or dead men’s fingers, the small mouth part and the stomach bag that lies behind it.1998 July 11, Philippa Davenport, “Who wants lobster when there’s crab around?”, in Financial Times, London, page 12. From the entry dead men's fingers
• Springing up between the carrot-seed during the first season were the long frail, feathery stalks of the wind-blown eragrostis, a lush sweet grass.1969, Bessie Head, When Rain Clouds Gather, Heinemann, published 1995, page 28. From the entry eragrostis
• Rupert wandered restlessly around for a few minutes and finally settled at Charlotte's feet, his feathery back legs stretched out behind him in what corgi owners call a sploot.2016 December 13, Elizabeth J. Duncan, “Ill Met by Murder”, in A Shakespeare in the Catskills Mystery, Crooked Lane Books, page 207. From the entry sploot
• In addition, some tube dwelling species have dramatically modified segments used for water pumping or burrowing, and the filter-feeding feather duster worms produce fantastic flower-like crowns of feathery appendages.2001, Julian Sprung, Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide, page 135. From the entry feather duster worm

Meaning of feathery

1. adjective Resembling feathers.
2. adjective Covered with feathers.
3. noun Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being a bird or bird-like animal character with human characteristics.

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How do you use feathery in a sentence?

Feathery is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The trunk is unbranched, often much shortened, and bears a crown of feathery or pinnate fronds.”

What is a short sentence with feathery?

“That feathery touch on my neck gave me the chills.”

What does feathery mean?

Feathery means resembling feathers.