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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

wafty en · ADJ

Etymology

From waft + -y.

Meanings

  1. Tending to waft; gaseous, insubstantial.
    • As unsatisfied with wafty promises that arts learning inspires “creativity” as with pledges that it boosts scores, the Project Zero researchers videotaped several very different classrooms in two schools with intensive arts instruction. 2008 April 27, Ann Hulbert, “Drawing Lessons”, in The New York Times:

Forms

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most wafty Degree=Sup lexicographic
more wafty Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

wifty-wafty

Translations (4)

es flotante (Translations) · es insubstancial (Translations) · es gaseoso (Translations) · es boyante (Translations)