translucent
adjective
permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible.
translucently
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a word derived from
translucent.
Example Sentences
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His pale, almost translucently white skin was stretched across the bones of his face like parchment.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The memories merged into a single image, hovering translucently overhead.
From Nature ● Feb. 11, 2020
There is also something intriguing about this translucently liquid 12-minute score that Salonen wrote for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2018
He leafed through the file with Frank’s name on the cover and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation stamped on it, turning the translucently thin pages covered with typeface.
From The Verge ● Mar. 25, 2018
Then, as the wide sky became translucently pink and azure with the moon still shining brightly from the center of it, he drove down the hill to Bud Gleason’s house.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
