floaty (English, adj)
expansion: floaty (comparative floatier, superlative floatiest)
Senses:
glosses: Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.
Of a ship: having a shallow draft (the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull), and thus drawing less (that is, floating higher in) water.
tags: archaic
glosses: Of music: light and relaxing.
tags: figuratively
glosses: Of an object: light and flimsy or soft; specifically, of a dress: lightweight, so as to rise away from the body when the wearer is moving.
tags: figuratively
glosses: Of a person: feeling calm, dreamy, happy, etc., as if floating in the air.
tags: figuratively
glosses: Of speech or writing: overly complicated or elaborate; flowery, grandiloquent.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: floatier
tags: comparative
form: floatiest
tags: superlative