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floaty

floaty · floatier · floatiest

Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gasTending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.

UK/ˈfləʊti/US/ˈfloʊti/

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Значення

значень: 6

Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.
tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
(переносно)Of music: light and relaxing.
(переносно)Of an object: light and flimsy or soft; specifically, of a dress: lightweight, so as to rise away from the body when the wearer is moving.
(переносно)Of a person: feeling calm, dreamy, happy, etc., as if floating in the air.
(переносно)Of speech or writing: overly complicated or elaborate; flowery, grandiloquent.
Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.
(архаїчне)Of a ship: having a shallow draft (the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull), and thus drawing less (that is, floating higher in) water.

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Походження

From float (noun or verb) + -y (suffix meaning ‘inclined to’ forming adjectives). Compare

From float (noun or verb) + -y (suffix meaning ‘inclined to’ forming adjectives). Compare Middle English floti, floty (“of a place: well supplied with water”).

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