gauzy
adjective
like gauze; transparently thin and light.
gauzily
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a word derived from
gauzy.
Example Sentences
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Speeches can be fonts of evocative language, barbs and gauzily veiled messages.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
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
Such harrowing accounts make the fictionalized David Lean movie “The Bridge on the River Kwai” — which used the building of the Burma Railway as a backdrop — seem gauzily romanticized.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2014
"Inasmuch as two members of this party are more or less gauzily appareled," she suggested, "it doesn't seem to be necessary to make an illumination of it."
From The Tyranny of Weakness by Paul Stahr
