Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.
2. Of music: light and relaxing.
3. 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.
4. Of a person: feeling calm, dreamy, happy, etc., as if floating in the air.
5. Of speech or writing: overly complicated or elaborate; flowery, grandiloquent.
6. A particle of food, etc., found floating in liquid.
7. A lilo (inflatable air mattress) or similar object that floats on water and can be lain or sat on.
8. Synonym of armband (“one of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim”).

Example Sentences

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The Oxonians, too, though, judging by avoirdupois, they were big enough for the floatiest outrigger, preferred the old friend in which they had won the 'Varsity in 1878 and 'suffered' last year.

There was no going back to being Mommy Belle, […] the woman who made the "floatiest" matzoh balls on the face of the earth.

[Roger] Federer slices it right back down the same line, slow and floaty with backspin, making [Rafael] Nadal return to the same spot. Nadal slices the ball right back—three shots now all down the same line—and Federer slices the ball to the same spot yet again, this one even slower and floatier, […]

If you're more into powder, try the Monster 82 [a type of ski]; it's a bit floatier and more stable.

All the floaty music in the world could not disguise my grunts [during a massage] as I clenched my teeth and curled my toes to fight the pain.

Notice that this chord seems to be floating up in the air. If you strum Dsus2 instead of D, you can make your chord seem more haunting or drifting. […] This chord [Dsus4] has an even floatier feel than Dsus2 and is out of tune for other chords.

O here is a Bed / Shrinkproofer than that, / A floatier, boatier / Bed than that!

Word Forms

• floatier
• floatiest
• floaties
• floatie

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