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FLOATY (floatier, floatiest)
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Irregular inflected forms: floatier , floatiest
, floatiest Dictionary entry overview: What does floaty mean?
• FLOATY (adjective)
The adjective FLOATY has 1 sense:
1. tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
Familiarity information: FLOATY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: floatier
Superlative: floatiest
Superlative: floatiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
Synonyms:
buoyant; floaty
Context example:
a floaty scarf
Similar:
light (of comparatively little physical weight or density)
Derivation:
float (something that floats on the surface of water)
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