diaphanous
adjective
very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent.
diaphanously
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a word derived from
diaphanous.
Example Sentences
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Skirts and dresses, asymmetrical in their design, fluttered diaphanously, balancing between revelation and concealment.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
The froth, you know, looks diaphanously solid, but is as solid as sweetened water.
From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2019
The tracks undulate slowly and diaphanously, while instruments and ensembles materialize out of nowhere and vanish just as mysteriously.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2017
He concedes that his paintings of diabolic winged creatures, furiously driven chariots and diaphanously clad maidens are basically "decor," adding: "You are not supposed to look at the paintings, they look "at you.
From Time Magazine Archive
"For heaven's sake, what are you giggling at?" snapped the longest, slimmest, most abnormal dryad, diaphanously draped in yellow, when she could gasp out an intelligible sentence after an exhausting bout of agony.
From Winnie Childs The Shop Girl by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
