filmy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite so thin as to transmit light
    gauze-like; sheer; vaporous; see-through; gossamer; cobwebby; vapourous; diaphanous; transparent; gauzy.
    • 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

WordNet


Film"y adjective
Definitions
  1. Composed of film or films.
    Whose filmy cord should bind the struggling fly. Dryden.

Webster 1913