wispy
adjective
wispily
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a word derived from
wispy.
Example Sentences
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He’s not any more interesting when intoning wispily New Age-y threats such as “if dreams disappear, then so will humanity.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2022
He even had time to disguise himself totally as a wispily senile Scrooge in Ronald Neame’s 1970 film, with Alec Guinness as Jacob Marley and Edith Evans as the Ghost of Christmas Past.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2019
At the edges, ruffles of white have half-set, wispily afloat in a sauce of sake and soy.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2015
Willis and McDormand bring way more acting ammunition than is needed to their wispily underwritten romance.
From Slate ● May 24, 2012
Appearing beside him, her long nightgown trailing wispily, Iran shut off the TV set.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
