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Gauzy definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GAUZ'Y, a. Like gauze; thin as gauze.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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" [syn: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (gauzier; -est) Date: 1760 1. made of or resembling gauze <gauzy wings> 2. marked by vagueness, elusiveness, or fuzziness <his gauzy memory of the events> <a gauzy melody> 3. tending to be or make romantic <gauzy optimism>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (gauzier, gauziest) 1 like gauze; thin and translucent. 2 flimsy, delicate. Derivatives: gauzily adv. gauziness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gauzy Gauz"y, a. Pertaining to, or resembling, gauze; thin and slight as gauze.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Gauzy material is light, soft, and thin, so that you can see through it. ...thin, gauzy curtains. ADJ: ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

airy, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, clear, clear as crystal, crystal, crystal-clear, crystalline, dainty, delicate, diaphane, diaphanous, diluted, downy, ethereal, filmy, fine, fine-drawn, fine-grained, finespun, flimsy, fluffy, frail, fuzzy, girlish, gossamer, gossamery, gracile, insubstantial, lacy, light, light-pervious, limpid, lucid, misty, nonopaque, papery, peekaboo, pellucid, pubescent, rare, rarefied, refined, revealing, satin, satiny, see-through, sheer, silky, slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, small, smooth, subtle, svelte, sylphlike, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied, thin-set, thin-spun, thinnish, threadlike, transparent, transpicuous, unclouded, vague, velutinous, velvety, wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, willowy, wiredrawn, wispy