GAUZY (gauzier, gauziest)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: gauzier    , gauziest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does gauzy mean? 

• GAUZY (adjective)
  The adjective GAUZY has 1 sense:

1. so thin as to transmit light

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAUZY (adjective)

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:

gauze (a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave)

 Context examples 

But in their kindness Meg saw only pity for her poverty, and her heart felt very heavy as she stood by herself, while the others laughed, chattered, and flew about like gauzy butterflies.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Long, glinting dragonflies shot across the path, or hung tremulous with gauzy wings and gleaming bodies.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I remember her appearance at the moment—it was very graceful and very striking: she wore a morning robe of sky-blue crape; a gauzy azure scarf was twisted in her hair.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)