Mary was asked to try on a blue gauzy dress.
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Gauzy
Synonyms for "gauzy" (100 found)
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Translations
8 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- прозирен adj (transparent, hazy)
- прозрачен adj (transparent, hazy)
Dutch
3 entries- mistig adj (transparent, hazy)
- nevelig adj (transparent, hazy)
- wazig adj (transparent, hazy)
German
2 entries- gazeartig adj (transparent, hazy)
- hauchdünn adj (transparent, hazy)
Polish
1 entries- zwiewny adj (transparent, hazy)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
But first I took up Ayesha's kirtle and the gauzy scarf with which she had been wont to hide her dazzling loveliness from the eyes of men, and, averting my head so that I might not look upon it, covered up that dreadful relic of the glorious dead, that shocking epitome of human beauty and human life.
Source: wiktionary
The water shone pacifically; the sky, without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light; the very mist on the Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric, hung from the wooded rises inland, and draping the low shores in diaphanous folds.
Source: wiktionary
Were she but the daring equestrienne jumping through the flaming hoops, little it would matter to her if her gauzy skirts did catch.
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