feathery

Questions about feathery

What does feathery mean?

feathery means "resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in feathery?

feathery has 3 syllables: feat-he-ry. The stress falls on "feat". In IPA it is /ˈfɛðɚi/.

What is another word for feathery?

Close synonyms include featherlike, feathered, plumy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is feathery a common word?

feathery is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.