gauzy
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- gauzily adverb
- gauziness noun
Etymology
Origin of gauzy
Example Sentences
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Of course, ABC would make one of its core players the gauzy focus of a post-Oscars special, doted on by many of the 22 women who came before Paul.
From Salon
It looks like a painting, a gauzy advertisement from a women’s magazine.
From Literature
He describes this youthful romance in sometimes gauzy clichés: “From that moment on, we loved each other so much, we felt that no other people had ever experienced such love before.”
His gauzy harmonies regularly come untethered from the beat, floating over the songs like dandelion seeds in the breeze.
From BBC
Some type of gauzy fabric wound beneath the chin; but Charles could not make out a face.
From Literature
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