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filmy

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film·y  (flm)
adj. film·i·er, film·i·est
1. Of, resembling, or consisting of film; gauzy: filmy lingerie. See Synonyms at airy.
2. Covered by or as if by a film; hazy.

filmi·ly adv.
filmi·ness n.

filmy
Adjective
[filmier, filmiest] very thin and almost transparent: a shirt of filmy black chiffon
filmily adv
filminess n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.filmyfilmy - 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"
thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"


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she cried to her father as he opened the door- speaking from under the filmy skirt which still covered her whole face.
He sipped the wine slowly, and when he had drained the glass she laid it upon the table and wiped his lips with her little filmy handkerchief.
For a moment he silently scrutinised the attentive group out of his filmy blue eyes overhung by old veined lids; then he gave his moustache a thoughtful twist, and said simply: "I didn't think the Mingotts would have tried it on.
 
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