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PLUMY (plumier, plumiest)
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, plumiest Dictionary entry overview: What does plumy mean?
• PLUMY (adjective)
The adjective PLUMY has 3 senses:
1. resembling a plume
2. having or covered with or abounding in plumes
3. adorned with feathers or plumes
Familiarity information: PLUMY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling a plume
Synonyms:
plumelike; plumy
Context example:
the dog's plumy tail
Similar:
feathered (having or covered with feathers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having or covered with or abounding in plumes
Synonyms:
plumed; plumy
Context example:
white-plumed egrets
Similar:
feathered (having or covered with feathers)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Adorned with feathers or plumes
Synonyms:
Context example:
a feathered hat
Similar:
adorned; decorated (provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction)
Context examples
A lace handkerchief, a plumy fan, and a bouquet in a shoulder holder finished her off, and Miss Belle surveyed her with the satisfaction of a little girl with a newly dressed doll.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
They dispersed about the room, reminding me, by the lightness and buoyancy of their movements, of a flock of white plumy birds.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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