gauzy
1Gauzy — Gauz y, a. Pertaining to, or resembling, gauze; thin and slight as gauze. [1913 Webster] …
2gauzy — 1796, from GAUZE (Cf. gauze) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Gauziness …
3gauzy — [adj] see through, gossamer in texture delicate, diaphanous, filmy, flimsy, insubstantial, light, lucid, pellucid, sheer, thin, tiffany, translucent, transparent; concept 606 Ant. cloudy, foggy, heavy, obscured, opaque, thick …
4gauzy — [gô′zē] adj. gauzier, gauziest thin, light, and transparent, like gauze; diaphanous gauzily adv. gauziness n …
5gauzy — 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 opt …
6gauzy — [[t]gɔ͟ːzi[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Gauzy material is light, soft, and thin, so that you can see through it. ...thin, gauzy curtains stirred by a breeze. Syn: filmy …
7gauzy — gauze ► NOUN 1) a thin transparent fabric. 2) Medicine thin, loosely woven cloth used for dressing and swabbing wounds. 3) (also wire gauze) a very fine wire mesh. DERIVATIVES gauzy adjective. ORIGIN French gaze …
8gauzy — gauzily, adv. gauziness, n. /gaw zee/, adj., gauzier, gauziest. like gauze; transparently thin and light. [1790 1800; GAUZE + Y1] * * * …
9gauzy — adjective a) having the qualities of gauze; light, thin, transparent, hazy b) figuratively light, giving the effect of haze …
10gauzy — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
