wispy

adjective

Definition of wispynext
1
as in feathery

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2
as in stringy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wispy
  1. feathery
  2. stringy
  3. diaphanous
  4. willowy
  5. downy
  6. spindly
  7. gauzy
  8. lanky
Adjective
  • This internet phenomenon puts these feathery creatures in the spotlight, which ultimately aids awareness, said Matt Williams, director of conservation with the Indiana chapter of The Nature Conservancy.
    — Megan Marples, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Remove the feathery cones that line the inside of the body.
    — Nereya Otieno, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2023
Definition of feathery
Adjective
  • White-rot fungi release aggressive enzymes that bust apart lignin to get at the other bits, leaving behind white, stringy wood that’s mostly cellulose.
    — Katarina Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
  • One video of a customer dipping mozzarella sticks in sauce and eating the stringy cheese has more than 16 million views.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
Definition of stringy
Adjective
  • The collection, fusing exaggerated silhouettes and structured romanticism with a touch of Moroccan-esque opulence — opens with diaphanous pieces in soft creams and peaches that diffuse light and create fluid movement.
    — Angela Lei, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • If Zendaya-as-Felicia wants to feel more the fantasy beyond the swamp, there’s always the brocade and silks of Rodarte and the diaphanous, gathered cream layered gowns of Jonathan Simkhai, wispy Ann Demeulemeester dresses and suits, and Molly Goddard’s tulle creations.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of diaphanous
Adjective
  • Only two bodies remain still: Ferran’s, in one corner of the platform, and that of a young man (Jabez Sykes) diagonally across from her, tall and willowy and pale — two statues that seem moonlit while the rest of the world writhes and sweats around them.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Michelle Troconis, the 49-year-old Venezuelan socialite who was convicted on Friday for conspiracy to commit murder, is tall, willowy, and as beautiful as a newscaster.
    — Rich Cohen, airmail.news, 2 Mar. 2024
Definition of willowy
Adjective
  • Its large, wall-size windows, their casements painted a downy shade of white, look out across Bedford Street onto a row of old and characterful brownstones, including number 75½, whose façade, at nine and a half feet across, is allegedly the city’s narrowest (and therefore most charming).
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Jackie has over 7,000 waterproof feathers on her body that help keep her dry and downy feathers that keep her warm, Steers previously said.
    — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 27 Jan. 2025
Definition of downy
Adjective
  • From one specimen’s spindly leg dangled a handwritten tag bearing the year of its death: 1917.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Also prune off low-hanging branches and weak, spindly growth.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of spindly
Adjective
  • Bridges were needed not just to fulfill a gauzy City Beautiful dream, but for practical reasons.
    — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Having grown up working in his mother’s Los Angeles hair salon, Bradford adopted a primary artmaking material that is not paint, but rather small gauzy papers used to curl hair.
    — Matthew Bourbon, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2020
Definition of gauzy
Adjective
  • Much credit should go to the lanky redhead, who navigated the tricky tone of the post-wildfire Oscars as nimbly as any host of the 21st century could have.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Working out must be tricky for someone with CIPA, and Quaid has a tall, lanky quality that suggests a smiley scarecrow — but what a smile, combining the best of parents Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid!
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of lanky
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