Filmy (Adjective)
Meaning
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
- The dawn light was so weak it shone through the filmy curtains, illuminating the dust motes in the air.
- The delicate, filmy petals of the orchid danced in the breeze like tiny ballerinas.
- A spider's web, almost invisible, was draped across the corner of the window, its filmy threads glinting in the sunlight.
- The butterfly's wings were so filmy and transparent that you could see the veins tracing pathways across them like a map.
- The fog rolled in off the ocean, bringing with it a chilly, filmy mist that wrapped the town in a damp shroud.