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gauzy

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gauz·y  (gôz)
adj. gauz·i·er, gauz·i·est
Resembling gauze in thinness or transparency. See Synonyms at airy.
gauzi·ly adv.
gauzi·ness n.
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Adj.1.gauzygauzy - 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"
cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, see-through, vaporous, vapourous, gossamer, transparent, sheer
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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Besides the melancholy boy, who, I hoped, had not been made so by waltzing alone in the empty kitchen, there were two other boys and one dirty little limp girl in a gauzy dress.
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Her gauzy flowing robes might not be very warm, yet the weather wasn't at all chilly, but rather mild and balmy, like a spring day.
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They were eight pretty rabbits dressed only in gauzy purple skirts fastened around their waists with diamond bands.
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