'Filmy' definitions:
Definition of 'filmy'
(from WordNet)
adjective
So thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby]
Definition of 'Filmy'
From: GCIDE
- Filmy \Film"y\, a. Composed of film or films. [1913 Webster]
- Whose filmy cord should bind the struggling fly. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'filmy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- attenuate,
- attenuated,
- beclouded,
- blear,
- bleared,
- bleary,
- blurred,
- blurry,
- clear,
- clear as crystal,
- clouded,
- cloudy,
- cobwebby,
- confused,
- crystal,
- crystal-clear,
- crystalline,
- dainty,
- dark,
- delicate,
- diaphane,
- diaphanous,
- dim,
- downy,
- faint,
- feeble,
- fine,
- fine-drawn,
- fine-grained,
- finespun,
- flimsy,
- fluffy,
- foggy,
- foliaceous,
- foliated,
- fuzzy,
- gauzy,
- gossamer,
- gossamery,
- half-seen,
- half-visible,
- hazy,
- ill-defined,
- in layers,
- inconspicuous,
- indefinite,
- indistinct,
- indistinguishable,
- insubstantial,
- lamellar,
- lamellate,
- lamellated,
- lamelliform,
- laminate,
- laminated,
- laminous,
- leaflike,
- leafy,
- light,
- light-pervious,
- limpid,
- low-profile,
- lucid,
- membranous,
- merely glimpsed,
- milky,
- misty,
- murky,
- nonopaque,
- obscure,
- opalescent,
- out of focus,
- pale,
- pearly,
- peekaboo,
- pellucid,
- pubescent,
- refined,
- revealing,
- satin,
- satiny,
- scummy,
- see-through,
- semivisible,
- shadowy,
- sheer,
- silky,
- smooth,
- spathic,
- spathose,
- stratified,
- stratiform,
- thin,
- thin-spun,
- three-ply,
- translucent,
- transparent,
- transpicuous,
- two-ply,
- uncertain,
- unclear,
- unclouded,
- undefined,
- unplain,
- unrecognizable,
- vague,
- velutinous,
- velvety,
- weak,
- wiredrawn