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wafty

wafty adjective: tending to waft; gaseous, insubstantial.

Adjective

wafty (comparative more wafty, superlative most wafty)

  1. Tending to waft; gaseous, insubstantial.
    • As unsatisfied with wafty promises that arts learning inspires “creativity” as with pledges that it boosts scores, the Project Zero researchers videotaped several very different classrooms in two schools with intensive arts instruction.2008 April 27, Ann Hulbert, “Drawing Lessons”, in The New York Times

Forms of wafty

comparativemore wafty
superlativemost wafty

Origin of wafty

From waft + -y.

Words formed from wafty

Questions about wafty

What does wafty mean?
Wafty means tending to waft; gaseous, insubstantial.
What part of speech is wafty?
Wafty is an adjective.

Words near wafty in the dictionary

  1. wafts
  2. wafts off
  3. wafts over
  4. wafture
  5. waftures
  6. wafty
  7. wafu dressing
  8. wag
  9. wag a finger
  10. wag hemp
  11. wag it

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