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plumy

[ UK /plˈʌmi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having or covered with or abounding in plumes
    the plumed serpent
    white-plumed egrets
  2. adorned with feathers or plumes
    a feathered hat
  3. resembling a plume
    the dog's plumy tail

How To Use plumy In A Sentence

  • the dog's plumy tail
  • A squirrel dashed across the road, plumy tail bouncing behind it, and went up a tree.
  • And in that look is the end of innocence, of benevolent patronage, an era when strolling architects and plumy journalists can gossip complacently about how they have arranged a good time for the rest of us. The Festival of Britain, 60 years on
  • Elegant ruby in colour, the wines shows good plumy aromas benefited from the Merlot grape follows by herbal and spicy notes.
  • Although the plumy flowers are beautiful, the form, color, and texture of miscanthus foliage is quite striking by itself.
  • Shaped like a BBC documentary and narrated by Tom Baker in suitably plumy, Masterpiece Theatre tones, Britain USA sends the duo on a rapid-fire tour of the states. HBO's 'Little Britain USA' lends us lots of laughs
  • He was a schmoozer, speaking in plumy tones as he negotiated during long phone calls with the vendors. Office Politics
  • -looking guiltily up from a display of feathery, plumy things. WICKED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST
  • It was a painful operation, for his thatch was a stubborn mat of crisp waves and knotty tangles to his plumy tail and down to his feathered toes. Greyfriars Bobby
  • It was not so easy as it seemed, to get out on the trees, and they decided not to attempt it, but thought they would wander along the brink of the stream, and in doing this they discovered all sorts of wonderful things in what Florence called the Fairy Dell: moss-grown rocks from which sprung tiny bell-shaped flowers; a circle of wee pink toadstools, which indeed seemed fit for the elfin folk; a wild grapevine with a most delightfully arranged swing on which the two girls "teetered" away in great joy; shining pebbles, bits of rose-colored quartz, a forest of plumy ferns, and all such like things, over which the city child exclaimed and marveled. A Sweet Little Maid
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