gauz·y

[gaw-zee]
adjective, gauz·i·er, gauz·i·est.
like gauze; transparently thin and light.

Origin:
1790–1800; gauze + -y1

gauz·i·ly, adverb
gauz·i·ness, noun
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gauzy (ˈɡɔːzɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj , gauzier, gauziest
resembling gauze; thin and transparent
 
'gauzily
 
adv
 
'gauziness
 
n

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Gauzy is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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