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Definition of filmy in English: filmyadjectivefilmier, filmiest ˈfɪlmiˈfɪlmi 1(especially of fabric) thin and translucent. Example sentencesExamples - Vibrant prints, block colours, searing white and filmy ice-cream shades will all feature heavily in the summer.
- When the powdered something hit the water, a filmy silver light hovered over the rim of the smooth darkened wood of the cup.
- They balance tall bamboo poles draped in filmy fabrics.
- She had dressed for the occasion in a cascade of something filmy and see-through and spoke in a lilting middle-English.
- The sleeves were made of a filmy, translucent red material, so insubstantial that it was almost not there.
- But when I walked through and under them, the fabric looked heavy and inert, more like drapes than filmy wind-yielding robes.
- The moonlight turned the filmy blue dress hanging from her surprisingly petite shoulders nearly transparent, silhouetting her hour glass form against the material.
- Actually, I do like the delicate, filmy white square edged in yellow with an M embroidered in one corner.
- The room was lined with windows, and filmy white curtains fluttered in the breeze.
- Maxine laughed and touched the filmy fabric of a sleeve.
- He consumed an amazing amount of filmy fabric in the process of manipulating the sheer material into a richly textured garment.
- The dress was light and filmy, perfect for the hot weather.
- I pick out a simple outfit, a black, short-sleeved top and pants with a filmy, see-through skirt over that and a gem-studded silver belt to go around my hips and hold my bag of gems.
- For the first time Ian notices that she's wearing nothing but a silk nightgown, so thin and filmy that it looks like gold paint brushed over her body.
- In the filmy light of a city morning he looked ashen and old.
- The walls were free of torches, and yet a filmy light seeped in from an unknown source.
- Outside in the moonlight, the white dress moved across the parking lot like a filmy, glittering cloud.
- She glanced up when she had nearly finished, and saw his eyes pinned on her calves, the shadows of which could be seen through the filmy linen shift she wore.
- Last week, I slurped down filmy, translucent rice noodles and sang a song of fish sauce, but today I'm trading Southeast Asia for China.
- There was a long slit down each side of the skirt and sewn underneath was shimmering, filmy gold material.
Synonyms diaphanous, transparent, see-through, translucent, sheer, gauzelike, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, cobwebby, shimmering delicate, fine, ultra-fine, light, thin, airy, floaty, wispy, silky fragile, flimsy, unsubstantial, insubstantial 2Covered with or as with a thin layer of something. her eyes were dull and filmy Example sentencesExamples - The tears were still fresh in her eyes, balancing delicately as they rippled across her eyes, filmy and scared.
Synonyms non-transparent, cloudy, blurred, smeared, hazy, misty, dirty, dingy, muddy, muddied, grimy, smeary
Derivatives adverbˈfɪlmɪliˈfɪlməli Other great writers-Tolstoy, Bellow, Flaubert - seem to look through a clear - seeing inner eye which in Joyce is milkily, filmily sheened. Example sentencesExamples - In the streets were spears of long grass, and the window-panes on either side broken or filmily staring.
nounˈfɪlmɪnəsˈfɪlminəs The lightly musky sauce featured a dash of cream that cut the filminess so often displayed by this type of cheese. Example sentencesExamples - And then I'll try your suggestion to use normal eye drops first thing in the morning to clear out the filminess.
Definition of filmy in US English: filmyadjectiveˈfilmēˈfɪlmi 1(especially of fabric) thin and translucent. Example sentencesExamples - Vibrant prints, block colours, searing white and filmy ice-cream shades will all feature heavily in the summer.
- She had dressed for the occasion in a cascade of something filmy and see-through and spoke in a lilting middle-English.
- The dress was light and filmy, perfect for the hot weather.
- The walls were free of torches, and yet a filmy light seeped in from an unknown source.
- There was a long slit down each side of the skirt and sewn underneath was shimmering, filmy gold material.
- The sleeves were made of a filmy, translucent red material, so insubstantial that it was almost not there.
- Maxine laughed and touched the filmy fabric of a sleeve.
- Outside in the moonlight, the white dress moved across the parking lot like a filmy, glittering cloud.
- Last week, I slurped down filmy, translucent rice noodles and sang a song of fish sauce, but today I'm trading Southeast Asia for China.
- She glanced up when she had nearly finished, and saw his eyes pinned on her calves, the shadows of which could be seen through the filmy linen shift she wore.
- For the first time Ian notices that she's wearing nothing but a silk nightgown, so thin and filmy that it looks like gold paint brushed over her body.
- I pick out a simple outfit, a black, short-sleeved top and pants with a filmy, see-through skirt over that and a gem-studded silver belt to go around my hips and hold my bag of gems.
- The room was lined with windows, and filmy white curtains fluttered in the breeze.
- They balance tall bamboo poles draped in filmy fabrics.
- He consumed an amazing amount of filmy fabric in the process of manipulating the sheer material into a richly textured garment.
- Actually, I do like the delicate, filmy white square edged in yellow with an M embroidered in one corner.
- When the powdered something hit the water, a filmy silver light hovered over the rim of the smooth darkened wood of the cup.
- In the filmy light of a city morning he looked ashen and old.
- The moonlight turned the filmy blue dress hanging from her surprisingly petite shoulders nearly transparent, silhouetting her hour glass form against the material.
- But when I walked through and under them, the fabric looked heavy and inert, more like drapes than filmy wind-yielding robes.
Synonyms diaphanous, transparent, see-through, translucent, sheer, gauzelike, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, cobwebby, shimmering - 1.1 Covered with or forming a thin layer of something.
her eyes were dull and filmy Example sentencesExamples - The tears were still fresh in her eyes, balancing delicately as they rippled across her eyes, filmy and scared.
Synonyms non-transparent, cloudy, blurred, smeared, hazy, misty, dirty, dingy, muddy, muddied, grimy, smeary
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