Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Able to float or swim on the surface; buoyant.
- Rank and tall, as grass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Swimming on the surface; buoyant; light.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a dress
lightweight , so as torise when the wearer is walking. - adjective music
light ,hypnotic andrelaxing . - adjective Having a
feeling of extremecalm , as if floating through the air. - noun A
lilo or similar item thatfloats on water and can be sat on.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
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Examples
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Stoned and floaty is so much better than sick and pukey.
This is Your Brain on Drugs kittenpie 2008
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Gallery of some of the world's finest floaty pens: the Jesus-walking-on-water floaty is positively sacrelicious.
Boing Boing: November 17, 2002 - November 23, 2002 Archives 2002
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His work has been described as floaty concepts and dirty reality.
Andrew Maynard 2007
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Over several seasons, the hems mutated from slinky calf-length and ankle-length tanks and tubular skirts to voluminous, unabashedly romantic pavement sweepers, looks that Nevena Borissova, a partner in Curve, a vanguard boutique in SoHo, describes as "floaty, let's-go-get-high-at-Coachella stuff."
The Seattle Times 2011
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Basically it gives you a more "floaty" view of your subscriptions, lists, things like trends, and other categories of items.
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Basically it gives you a more "floaty" view of your subscriptions, lists, things like trends, and other categories of items.
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Basically it gives you a more "floaty" view of your subscriptions, lists, things like trends, and other categories of items.
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Apparently when a Lego minifig jumps it enters a kind of floaty demiplane where the rules of gravity warp and twist.
Archive 2009-02-01 Greg Tannahill 2009
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I just posted a little collection of "floaty" ads on my blog- including the balloon one which reminds me of that scene in Funny Face in front of the Eiffel Tower...so lovely.
Dior Ads 2008
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CGI is STILL we're all waiting... trying to get the movement down so that it doesn't look "floaty".
Disney Tuesday Steve Hulett 2008
rolig commented on the word floaty
A nice word used in an apt figurative way by Reesetee in a comment on Generation X.
January 30, 2009
reesetee commented on the word floaty
Thank you, rolig. I remember, years ago, test-driving a car to see whether I wanted to buy it. I described the ride as "floaty"; my father (the auto wizard) thought I was just plain weird.
Then I read a consumer report on the car. How did it describe the ride? "Floaty." Vindication.
January 31, 2009