filmy
/ˈfɪlmi
/adjective (filmier, filmiest)
1(Especially of fabric) thin and translucent: filmy white voile...
- He consumed an amazing amount of filmy fabric in the process of manipulating the sheer material into a richly textured garment.
- They balance tall bamboo poles draped in filmy fabrics.
- Maxine laughed and touched the filmy fabric of a sleeve.
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...
- The tears were still fresh in her eyes, balancing delicately as they rippled across her eyes, filmy and scared.
Derivatives
filmily
/ adverb ...- Other great writers-Tolstoy, Bellow, Flaubert - seem to look through a clear - seeing inner eye which in Joyce is milkily, filmily sheened.
- In the streets were spears of long grass, and the window-panes on either side broken or filmily staring.
filminess
/ noun ...- And then I'll try your suggestion to use normal eye drops first thing in the morning to clear out the filminess.
- The lightly musky sauce featured a dash of cream that cut the filminess so often displayed by this type of cheese.
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