Filmy definition

fĭlmē
filmier filmiest
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The definition of filmy is something airy, sheer or hazy.

An example of filmy is a sheer curtain on a window.

An example of filmy is a dirty glass with soap residue.

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Covered with a film or sheen.

Filmy eyes.

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Gauzy; sheer; very thin.
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Blurred or hazy.
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Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy.
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Covered by (as if by) a film; hazy.
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Resembling film in thinness or translucency; gauzy.

Filmy curtains.

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Other Word Forms

Adjective

Base Form:
filmy
Comparative:
filmier
Superlative:
filmiest

Filmy Sentence Examples

  • It generally makes its nest in a hollow branch, plastering up the opening with clay, leaving only a circular hole just large enough to afford entrance and exit; and the interior contains a bed of dry leaves or the filmy flakes of the inner bark of a fir or cedar, on which the eggs are laid.

  • One of the most valuable is F. tingitana; it takes several years to form strong plants that look like massive plumes of filmy Ferns.

  • You'll want to make sure you remove the same filmy coffee residue from them as well.

  • These filmy sediments, cloudiness, and globular strands floating in the cider make up the Mother, and this is where you'll derive most of the health benefits.

  • Young resembling parents, but penultimate instar passive and enclosed in a filmy pellicle.

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