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filmy(dictionary)

filmy (iou)



filmy adjective. E17.
[from FILM noun + -Y1.]
Forming a thin sheet or coating. E17.
Resembling a film; gauzy, resembling gossamer. E17.
filmy fern any of various small ferns of the genera Hymenophyllum, Trichomanes, and related genera, with thin translucent fronds, forming sheets on moist rocks etc.; (Tunbridge filmy fern: see TUNBRIDGE 3).
S. Kauffmann Her filmy negligee heightening the illusion that she floated.
Of a membranous structure. Only in M17.
Covered (as) with a film; dim, hazy. E19.
G. Swift All I ever see in his eyes is a filmy gaze, fixed on the distance.
filmily adverb L19.
filminess noun E18.