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as in gauzy
being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance
filmy cobwebs covering the entryway to the cellar
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as in sheer
very thin and easy to see through
those filmy curtains don't block out enough light
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Recent Examples of filmy
Val had been wearing the same set of eye contacts since before the fire — now filmy from all the tears — but the line to pick up replacements was too long.
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Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
Val had been wearing the same set of eye contacts since before the fire - now filmy from all the tears - but the line to pick up replacements was too long.
—Anumita Kaur, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
Big, billowing summer clouds shared the skies with filmy tissues of faint white.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
This moisturizer has all the hydrating power of the classic Creme de la Mer but is way more lightweight and sinks into your skin almost instantly and leaves no filmy feeling whatsoever.
—Garrett Munce, townandcountrymag.com, 5 May 2023
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Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
Val had been wearing the same set of eye contacts since before the fire - now filmy from all the tears - but the line to pick up replacements was too long.
—Anumita Kaur, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
Big, billowing summer clouds shared the skies with filmy tissues of faint white.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
This moisturizer has all the hydrating power of the classic Creme de la Mer but is way more lightweight and sinks into your skin almost instantly and leaves no filmy feeling whatsoever.
—Garrett Munce, townandcountrymag.com, 5 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filmy
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Bridges were needed not just to fulfill a gauzy City Beautiful dream, but for practical reasons.Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2022
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Having grown up working in his mother’s Los Angeles hair salon, Bradford adopted a primary artmaking material that is not paint, but rather small gauzy papers used to curl hair.Matthew Bourbon, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2020
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The sheer scale of phones used in the study let the researchers correct individual bias by comparing the devices against each other.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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The sheer number of cyclists snarled traffic and prompted restrictions by the city's tourism-hungry officials, who had encouraged them to come.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Jojo examined her buck, astonished by all the frothy lung blood and the entrance and exit wounds.Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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In fact, the surge in the Magnificent 7 stocks that has been the main driver of the S&P 500’s recent gains has left the index trading at a frothy trailing P/E of over 25.Julius Juenemann, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Listen with curiosity and be transparent about company and team visions.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Good said the ordinance, which took effect in April 2023, includes rigorous provisions for data collection, and the Housing Department has beefed up its data team to make sure the funding is transparent.Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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No matter how far-fetched the premise or gossamer-thin the story, the musical invites (compels) us to go along with its essential surrealism, to travel to that dream space where everyday life suddenly moves and sounds deliriously out of this world.Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 7 May 2020
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For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2020
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Then came Quan’s moving ballet, Beneath the Tides, set to Concert No. 1 by Camille Saint-Saëns, with House of Gilles’s stunning costumes: waist-cinching corsets with nothing beneath for the men and diaphanous midi dresses with flowing skirts for the women.Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
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Saying something freshly substantive about female desire while honoring the film’s defining spirit of vapid, diaphanous horniness is a tricky, potentially unworkable brief.Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Sep. 2024
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Inside, instead of a traditional flimsy insole, there’s a removable thick layer of PEBA foam resting directly on the carbon fiber plate.Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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At the very least, discomfort from a flimsy sports bra may distract you from your athletic pursuits.Julia Ries, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2024
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Add the garlic and rosemary sprig and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is translucent and carrots are beginning to soften, 5 to 8 minutes.Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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Sardinia is ringed with coves lapped by translucent turquoise water, soft white sand beaches and some of the warmest swimming conditions in the region, as balmy as 80 degrees in summer.Ann Abel, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Filmy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filmy. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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