Cobwebby (Adjective)
Meaning 2
So thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- Delicate, cobwebby strands of spider silk clung to the windowpane.
- The ancient attic was filled with cobwebby old trunks and mysterious boxes.
- Gossamer cobwebs hung like ethereal curtains in the abandoned mansion.
- As the sun shone through the dusty window, its light illuminated the cobwebby remains of last summer's fly trap.
- Cobwebby threads of forgotten memories clung to the old photographs like wisps of fog.