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Meanings of
cobwebby
in English
So thin as to transmit light.
sheer
transparent
filmy
gossamer
gauzy
diaphanous
vaporous
see-through
vapourous
gauze-like
Related terms
thin
Cobwebby.
Related terms
dirty
soiled
unclean
Synonyms
Examples for "
sheer
"
sheer
transparent
filmy
gossamer
gauzy
Examples for "
sheer
"
1
That proved impossible given the
sheer
scale of the private residential market.
2
Perhaps, by
sheer
nerve and animal cunning, you'll survive for a year.
3
Today, BGI still claims to lead the world in
sheer
sequencing capacity.
4
The
sheer
amount of power she must have used was staggering .
5
But the
sheer
number of cases is causing delays in the courts.
1
These are open, direct and an example of
transparent
democracy in practice.
2
We will continue to provide information in a
transparent
manner, said Hafeez.
3
More than anything else, African countries need law-abiding, predictable and
transparent
government.
4
This development is a natural consequence of more open and
transparent
government.
5
In addition, there is a clear need for
transparent
policies and guidelines.
1
Through the
filmy
screen the stalker saw it all, read the meaning.
2
Gripping it through the
filmy
plastic, she let go of the weight.
3
He picked up the
filmy
night-dress and kissed it a dozen times.
4
She was swathed in the
filmy
,
half-revelant webs, now of palest blue.
5
From the scintillant,
filmy
mist of women around the piano Lucille emerged.
1
Never were such films and
gossamer
threads used in like entanglement before.
2
Gulbis loves to attack, but on this occasion found himself chasing
gossamer
.
3
The main figure leads its troop on
gossamer
thread of varied journey.
4
Except it wasn't a string; it was a
gossamer
-
thin
strand of steel.
5
Seeds of Tillandsia fly on long threads, like spiders on the
gossamer
1
The
gauzy
curtain hung between him and the outside point of view.
2
When the
gauzy
gown was spread before her she examined it carefully.
3
The hand felt as if it were covered with some
gauzy
veiling.
4
Strange lights flashed among the
gauzy
clouds, as if from distant lightning.
5
Valean stepped through the open archway, gently pushing the
gauzy
curtains apart.
1
Eyes pale blue, and prominent; body nearly
diaphanous
,
with pale red spots.
2
By rhythmic reversion, sextillion worlds passed into
diaphanous
luster; fire became firmament.
3
Thirty-foot
diaphanous
silk curtains parted in the draught, and they passed through.
4
Some have their skeletons coloured with a
diaphanous
violet marked with white.
5
Liberty, in
diaphanous
draperies, leaps from cloud to cloud, lovely and unapproachable.
1
On the side above the woods, the sky was dark and
vaporous
.
2
A soft whispering noise floated in
vaporous
cloudlets out of the box.
3
If they were both
vaporous
,
there would be a gradation between them.
4
The 'Clouds' drip with mist, and are dim with aërial
vaporous
effects.
5
The Magician's aura immediately snapped alight, sizzling yellow and
vaporous
around him.
1
There is a tight-fitting,
see
-
through
tempered glass lid, which we consider essential.
2
Commenting on the
see
-
through
nature of the fishnet style, another added: Wow!
3
That provides a flexible, durable substrate that's more
see
-
through
than window glass.
4
It should look slightly
see
-
through
and feel soft when you rub it.
5
See
-
through
tops with deep necklines also set the tone for the looks.
1
But his arguments were
vapourous
enough and made little impression on Barneveld.
2
Her geometry had been fluid, or rather,
vapourous
,
and had floated away, unthought of and unregretted.
3
Suddenly the horizon was enveloped in a
vapourous
fog, and seemed to contract until it was close around us.
4
I had reached, as it were, a higher level of that mountainous and
vapourous
visions, the heaven of a higher levity.
5
We were in July now, and misty,
vapourous
clouds moved slowly over the blue sky, seeming to intensify the heat of the unclouded intervals.
1
When ready to transform, this caterpillar spins a delicate
gauze
-
like
cocoon, Fig.
2
A thin,
gauze
-
like
mist was spread over the distant portions of the landscape.
3
There hung also over the land a slight
gauze
-
like
mist, which somewhat distorted objects.
4
Still the sky remained obscured as before, and a
gauze
-
like
mist hung over the ocean.
5
Examining it, it proved to be a flimsy
gauze
-
like
wrap; it was not old, nor torn.
Usage of
cobwebby
in English
1
Besides giving the vague,
cobwebby
stuff a body it did not deserve.
2
Dale stepped closer and played his flashlight into the low,
cobwebby
space.
3
She passed her
cobwebby
handkerchief across her lips and her hand trembled.
4
Miss Asenath offered her own
cobwebby
handkerchief to dry Arethusa's reddened eyes.
5
She groaned and shook her head, which was full of
cobwebby
mirages.
6
The high
cobwebby
openings of the distillery looked on a blank night sky.
7
But unsnuffed candles and
cobwebby
window-panes seem to have been in evidence sometimes.
8
When she flicked it on, the chandelier bathed the room in
cobwebby
light.
9
Scarred wood stairs, gray cement floor,
cobwebby
rafters, and creepy rumbly cellar sounds.
10
It has a small skirt and top with a
cobwebby
back.
11
It is sheer, almost
cobwebby
,
and will enhance any evening gown.
12
Behind her ear, dozens of varicolored strands clump together in a
cobwebby
knot.
13
I'm sure I never had anything half so lovely as this
cobwebby
handkerchief.
14
One can't see anything out of the window, you know, it's so
cobwebby
.
15
The rain was streaking with light,
cobwebby
lines the slaty darkness, of the night.
16
It was a mist like a damp, clinging
cobwebby
thing, fine and yet impenetrable.
Other examples for "cobwebby"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
cobwebby
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
cobwebby thing
almost cobwebby
certain cobwebby
cobwebby affair
cobwebby ceiling
More collocations
Cobwebby
through the time
Cobwebby
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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