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Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.
(RQ:Smith Generall Historie).|book=5|page=194|passage=Some fevv buttes of beare being flotie they got, vvhich though it had lien ſix moneths vnder vvater vvas very good, (..)
(quote-journal)|month=April|year=1880|volume=XXXV|issue=242|page=231|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZ5GAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA231|oclc=1015473216|passage=The Oxonians, too, though, judging by avoirdupois, they were big enough for the floatiest outrigger, preferred the old friend in which they had won the 'Varsity in 1878 and 'suffered' last year.
(quote-book)|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=St. Martin's Press|St. Martin’s Press|month=September|year=1998|page=24|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7WWnv_H31kC&pg=PA24|isbn=978-0-312-19671-4|passage=There was no going back to being Mommy Belle, (..) the woman who made the "floatiest" matzoh balls on the face of the earth.
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Of a ship: having a shallow draft (the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull), and thus drawing less ((ng)) water.
(quote-book)|location=Cambridge, Cambridgeshire|publisher=(...) John Field, printer to the famous of Cambridge|University &91;of Cambridge&93;|year=a. 1610 (date written)|year_published=1657|page=28|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=6oB-MDbzu2QC&pg=PA28|oclc=3425908|passage=I then told my Lord of ''Eſſex'' that mine vvas a floaty ſhip and vvell appointed for that ſervice; (..)
(RQ:Raleigh Remains)
(quote-book) in association with the (w)|year=1672 April 15 (date written; Gregorian calendar)|year_published=2014|page=218|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/commandofoceanna0000rodg_o2a6/page/218/mode/1up|isbn=978-0-7139-9411-7|passage=Girdling the ship would make her one of the finest ships in the whole universe, for it would make her much more floatier and carry her guns higher, and she would bear the better sail and be a better and securer ship to receive shot, and I believe it will not prejudice her sailing.
Of music: light and relaxing.
(RQ:Times)
(quote-book) This chord Dsus4 has an even floatier feel than Dsus2 and is out of tune for other chords.
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.

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(quote-book) for a perfectly piped butter icing on top of the highest, lightest, floatiest lemon cupcake.
(RQ:Walliams Bad Dad)
(quote-book) The floatiest, thinnest fabrics represent obvious mend hazards. Finest needles needed.
Of a person: feeling calm, dreamy, happy, etc., as if floating in the air.
(quote-journal)|journal=Leigh Hunt’s Journal; a Miscellany for the Cultivation of the Memorable, the Progressive, and the Beautiful|location=London|publisher=(...) Stewart & Murray,(nb...)|date=22 March 1851|volume=I|issue=16|page=255|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/sim_leigh-hunts-journal-a-miscellany_1851-03-22_4_16/page/255/mode/1up|oclc=28036879|passage=As you stand on the steps of the Castle Green in this strange place, you feel quite floaty. This you are told is the scene of the Merthyr riots; and you feel still floatier as you body forth before your eyes a picture like the following— (..)
Of speech or writing: overly complicated or elaborate; flowery, grandiloquent.
A particle of food, etc., found floating in liquid.
A lilo (inflatable mattress) or similar object that floats on water and can be lain or sat on.
''Chiefly in the (glossary)'': (synonym of)
(quote-web) fighting a giant shark should be a lot more fun than ''(w)''|work=The A.V. Club|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226165946/https://www.avclub.com/jason-statham-fighting-a-giant-shark-should-be-a-lot-mo-1828161625|date=8 August 2018|passage=As an escaped megalodon swims close to a busy beach, we see humanity at its most chompable: chubby kids in floaties, doofuses on pontoons, some dork in a tight Speedo rolling around in one of those big inflatable Zorb balls. But alas, the movie is a gore-free PG-13, and though CGI has long since replaced animatronics as the monster movie's weapon of choice, one thing hasn’t changed: giant killer fish still look like they’re made of rubber.