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Pronunciation:  'filmee

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  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"
 
 Synonyms: cobwebby, diaphanous, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, thin, transparent, vaporous
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Film"y\, a.
Composed of film or films.

      Whose filmy cord should bind the struggling fly.
                                               --Dryden.

 
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