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wispier

  • comparative
    of wispy.
    wispy
    adjective
    being a wisp or in wisps; wisplike.

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And for crucial stretches of the game, including during a 13-1 run that turned a deficit into an insurmountable lead, backup center Mitchell Robinson manhandled the wispier Wembanyama.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

Loose strands, under careful edit, appeared cut and glued, creating the effect of a fuller, wispier sideburn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2021

I’m not quite sure why, but it becomes wispier as you age.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 9, 2019

Statoil, a Norwegian oil firm, is abandoning a name given to it almost 50 years ago to become the wispier Equinor.

From Economist ● Mar. 28, 2018

I remember we were making our way up a hillside, the early morning mists thinner now and wispier than before.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo