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Meanings of wispy in English

Lacking clarity or distinctness.

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Thin and weak.

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Usage of wispy in English
1
His voice, though as wispy as brushing leaves, somehow reached Jute: 'Greetings.
Assail
2
Mist rolled in off the water, shrouding the car in wispy clouds.
The Heiresses
3
That wispy memory could only have come from an intense face-to-face encounter.
Dayworld Rebel
4
I see her rewoven, now a young girl with wispy blond braids.
Crewel
5
Its fur was long and wispy, like the fur of a yak.
Sons of the Oak
6
His hair was mangy, standing out in isolated patches of wispy grey.
Michael, Brother of Jerry
7
Three more wispy veils, and they could see the throne more clearly.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
8
You could imagine the tale being told in a wispy 70-minute vignette.
The Irish Times
9
A series of wispy green objects have been photographed in deep space.
BBC
10
Delicate acacia trees, masquerading as wispy umbrellas, rose majestically from silky cornfields.
The lost girls: three friends. four continents. one unconvention...
11
But the music world is again embracing spacey guitars and wispy vocals.
The Guardian
12
Before them was another of the creatures made of wispy, grasping tendrils.
Blue noon
13
Two shapes, wispy and pale in the faded wash of the backyard.
The outsiders
14
He was receding slightly, and his wispy, dirty-blond hair touched his shoulders.
Complete Books of Blood
15
Her wispy baby hair was damp from a leak under the sink.
Public secrets
16
Gases float like spirits with wispy tails, while solid elements have legs.
Wired
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common