feathery

adjective

1 the feathery grey bodies of the geese:

feathered, plumed, plumy;

downy, fluffy, fuzzy, fleecy;

technical plumose, plumate.

▷antonyms bald.

2 she wore a feathery nightdress:

flimsy, delicate, diaphanous, fine, thin, sheer, gossamer, gossamer-like, gossamer-thin, gossamery, gauze-like, gauzy, wispy, floaty, insubstantial, unsubstantial, ethereal, incorporeal, vaporous, airy;

light, lightweight, feather-like, light as a feather.

feathery Oxford Dictionary of English