"featherily" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more featherily [comparative], most featherily [superlative]
Etymology: feathery + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|feathery|ly}} feathery + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} featherily (comparative more featherily, superlative most featherily)
  1. in a feathery manner
    Sense id: en-featherily-en-adv-0XdZRcxn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly

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