gauzy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
gauzy
    adj 1: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous
           veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of
           dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk
           stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn:
           {diaphanous}, {filmy}, {gauzy}, {gauze-like}, {gossamer},
           {see-through}, {sheer}, {transparent}, {vaporous},
           {vapourous}, {cobwebby}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gauzy \Gauz"y\, a.
   Pertaining to, or resembling, gauze; thin and slight as
   gauze.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "gauzy":
      airy, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, clear, clear as crystal,
      crystal, crystal-clear, crystalline, dainty, delicate, diaphane,
      diaphanous, diluted, downy, ethereal, filmy, fine, fine-drawn,
      fine-grained, finespun, flimsy, fluffy, frail, fuzzy, girlish,
      gossamer, gossamery, gracile, insubstantial, lacy, light,
      light-pervious, limpid, lucid, misty, nonopaque, papery, peekaboo,
      pellucid, pubescent, rare, rarefied, refined, revealing, satin,
      satiny, see-through, sheer, silky, slender, slenderish, slight,
      slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, small, smooth, subtle, svelte,
      sylphlike, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied, thin-set, thin-spun,
      thinnish, threadlike, transparent, transpicuous, unclouded, vague,
      velutinous, velvety, wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery,
      weak, willowy, wiredrawn, wispy
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