Meanings
adverbfeatherily (comparative more featherily, superlative most featherily)
comparative more featherily · superlative most featherily
- 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
Origin
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featherily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/featherily
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“featherily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/featherily. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “featherily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/featherily.
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