Featherily

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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."

Example

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"Twice it rained in the night, but it was a gentle rain, whimpering featherily on the skin coverings of the conical lodges."

Etymology

From feathery + -ly.

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