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FILMY (filmier, filmiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: filmier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, filmiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does filmy mean? 

FILMY (adjective)
  The adjective FILMY has 1 sense:

1. so thin as to transmit lightplay

  Familiarity information: FILMY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FILMY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: filmier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: filmiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

So thin as to transmit light

Synonyms:

cobwebby; diaphanous; filmy; gauze-like; gauzy; gossamer; see-through; sheer; transparent; vaporous; vapourous

Context example:

vaporous silks

Similar:

thin (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section)

Derivation:

film (a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things)


 Context examples 


Filmy purple mists, that were not vapors but fabrics woven of color, hid in the recesses of the hills.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"See that," Joe said, holding up a filmy corset-cover that he could have crumpled from view in one hand.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



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