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
  • In a photo Estrada used to announce a reward for his capture, Wedding had long, stringy hair that seemed to be thinning, steely blue eyes, and a beard.
    Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Finally, dingy, discolored, or stringy towels need to get the heave-ho.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of stringy
Adjective
  • Emilia Pérez Review: A Crazy, Daring Tale (with Songs!) of Crime, Revenge and Gender Identity Jolie, delicately thin with large, haunted eyes, gives a striking performance — luminous and diaphanous.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The delicate, detailed little top that stops at the ribcage gives enough grace and space for the billowing bottom half, with sheer panels and dramatic, diaphanous cuffs.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of diaphanous
Adjective
  • 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
  • Kidman, who’s nearly six feet tall, impossibly willowy, and the precise shade of a scoop of vanilla ice cream, has never been an Everywoman.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of willowy
Adjective
  • The shape of the breeds' eyes, ears, paws and tails helps deflect cold temperatures, and many have a double coat, with water-resistant bristles giving way to longer, downy fur.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • This year, an enormous king penguin chick named Pesto — a 50-pound tower of downy brown fluff at the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium, in Australia — became a textbook case.
    Emily Anthes, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of downy
Adjective
  • But a few Decembers ago, its branches turned into spindly things where spikes grew instead of leaves.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • In a polytunnel on the Scottish island of Bute, thousands of spindly Scots pine seedlings are growing.
    Alexa Phillips, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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
  • In the video, a lanky kid is smoothly fielding balls on a dirt infield, then throwing hard strikes from the mound, and then lacing line drives from the left-handed batter’s box.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Their common name is derived from their prehensile tails, some as long as three feet, which the animals use along with their disproportionately lanky limbs to grasp branches and other objects.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of lanky
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