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Meanings of plumy in English

Adorned with feathers or plumes.

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Having or covered with or abounding in plumes.

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Examples for "plumed"
Examples for "plumed"
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Their breaths plumed between them, neither willing to shatter the precious moment.
Secrets of a Perfect Night
2
The family especially plumed themselves on the slow progress of the quilt.
Hillsboro People
3
The principal chief rode forward, bearing conspicuously the plumed calumet of peace.
The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, ...
4
You take it up and lay it aside with the plumed head-dress.
The Duchesse of Langeais
5
He was for the day of the plumed knight-notfor these times.
A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy
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Its dignity, simplicity and beautiful plumelike foliage place it in a class of its own.
Gardening Indoors and Under Glass / A Practical Guide to the Pla...
2
Those beautiful animals with their big dark eyes, their white plumelike tails, and their ridiculous Vulcan-like ears.
Before you know kindness
3
Fatty Coon was so fat and round that he looked like a ball of fur, with a plumelike tail for a handle.
The Tale of Fatty Coon
Usage of plumy in English
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He caught it up and buried his face in the plumy tassels.
Lo, Michael!
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Surprised, the skunk raised his plumy tail like a flag of battle.
Followers of the Trail
3
It was a perfect beauty, white with a plumy tail.
The Spanish Chest
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Then, all at once, his plumy tail began to wave.
Further Adventures of Lad
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Patrick Stewart provides the plumy narration, and the graphics are great, especially the creature design.
The Irish Times
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The wind scarcely swayed its dense and plumy branches.
Confessions of Boyhood
7
He ruffled up his cold black nose, and elevated his bushy tail-hisbeautiful, plumy tail.
A Woman Tenderfoot
8
How golden her hair was under her plumy hat!
Rainbow Valley
9
And you, proud earth and plumy sea, fade out!
The Countess Cathleen
10
Skunk, carefully combing out his big, plumy tail.
Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories
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And level earth and plumy sea, rise up!
The Countess Cathleen
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Alice looked away over the starlit garden to where the plumy trees stirred in the night wind.
Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners)
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The street and the white house-front were plumy with soft tree shadows wavering in a gentle wind.
The Butterfly House
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But it was the plumy tail of the sheep dog, who was lying there with the Lubber-fiend.
Tales from Many Sources, Vol. V
15
I watched Quicksilver's thick, plumy tail flash out the office door, Tallgrass and Ric right behind him.
Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
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She bore her plumy crown so grandly, you would have said she was indeed the queen of Actiniae.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 / A Maga...
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