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filmy

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈfɪlmi/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Covered by (or as if by) a film; hazy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XVI, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt On the following morning the head of Strezlecki Creek was passed and in the dim distance could be seen the filmy blue outlines of Mount Arrowsmith, behind which lay the magnificent Nardoo station.

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Filmlike; resembling a motion picture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

so thin as to transmit light

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: diaphanous, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From film + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch velmich, vilmich (“filmy, membranous”). Doublet of filmic.