filmy

[ fil-mee ]
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adjective,film·i·er, film·i·est.
  1. thin and light; fine and gauzy: a gown of a filmy material.

  2. hazy or misty; glazed: filmy eyes.

Origin of filmy

1
First recorded in 1595–1605; film + -y1

Other words from filmy

  • film·i·ly, adverb
  • film·i·ness, noun

Words Nearby filmy

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How to use filmy in a sentence

  • The pale blue and the profusion of delicate filmy lace suited Lucy Warrender's dreamy blonde beauty.

  • Harkness was examining their ship, where shreds of filmy, fibrous material still clung, when Chet spoke.

  • A filmy and diaphanous creature was Mrs. Patton also—one could never have dreamed of so exquisite a black butterfly.

    Love's Pilgrimage | Upton Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for filmy

filmy

/ (ˈfɪlmɪ) /


adjectivefilmier or filmiest
  1. composed of or resembling film; transparent or gauzy

  2. covered with or as if with a film; hazy; blurred

Derived forms of filmy

  • filmily, adverb
  • filminess, noun

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