gauzy
adjective
like gauze; transparently thin and light.
gauzily
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a word derived from
gauzy.
Example Sentences
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Jackson’s life has spanned many traumas, but this film mostly recalls them gauzily, and doesn’t argue strongly enough for her triumphs.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
Reviewing the film for The Times, Sheri Linden said, “With its gauzily surreal touches, ‘Woodshock’ reflects the Mulleavys’ romantic flair for texture and embellishment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2017
The competition among the women for McBurney’s attention and approval provides tension and humor for the gauzily atmospheric, if slow-moving, first hour.
From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2017
None of this makes a good contrast with the crispness and clarity of Kennedy's call, but none of that should make us look back at him too gauzily either.
From Time ● May 25, 2011
Her hat, gauzily basking with a pair of long white gloves on one of his arm-chairs, proclaimed that she had come to stay.
From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Sir Max Beerbohm
