floaty
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.
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Meaning
6 sensesTending 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
(figuratively)Of music: light and relaxing.
(figuratively)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.
(figuratively)Of a person: feeling calm, dreamy, happy, etc., as if floating in the air.
(figuratively)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.
(archaic)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.
Examples
1 sentencesHow do you deflate this floaty?
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From float (noun or verb) + -y (suffix meaning ‘inclined to’ forming adjectives). CompareFrom 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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Forms
floatier, floatiestSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form