[
UK
/fˈɪlmi/
]
ADJECTIVE
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so thin as to transmit light
sheer silk stockings
filmy wings of a moth
gossamer cobwebs
vaporous silks
gauzy clouds of dandelion down
a hat with a diaphanous veil
transparent chiffon
How To Use filmy In A Sentence
- Of course people have noticed before that Matisse posed his models in flimsy, filmy harem pants on divans and cushions covered with flowered or striped stuffs against fabric screens and curtains.
- The waist was small and tapered into a V, and the skirt flared out slightly, with filmy layers overlying the dress.
- I always rewashed the filmy blender when I arrived the next morning.
- Several layers of filmy covering met her eyes, and through this her hands weaved carefully.
- Their eagerness to present a more palatable Golwalkar was also evident when they went in for presenting a 'filmy' version of Golwalkar. Kafila
- The mist had become a great white luminous cloud -- not dense and alabastrine, like the clouds of thunder; but filmy, tender, comparable to the atmosphere of Dante's moon. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series
- When the powdered something hit the water, a filmy silver light hovered over the rim of the smooth darkened wood of the cup.
- She glanced up when she had nearly finished, and saw his eyes pinned on her calves, the shadows of which could be seen through the filmy linen shift she wore.
- Movie hasn't touched half the stuff the book has but I guess you have to make "filmy" and it worked in that way too. Vatana ni Bhakri
- Women's coronets were gemmed or plumed, filmy cloaks fluttered from shoulders, lustrous biofabric shaped and reshaped itself to them as they moved. Starfarers