gauzy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Resembling gauze

   Resembling gauze; light, thin, translucent.

   • Were she but the daring equestrienne jumping through the flaming hoops, little it would matter to her if her gauzy skirts did catch.
2. 2

   light

   light; giving the effect of haze

3. 3

   vague or elusive

   • Or perhaps something darker—a raw hunger, a blind ambition wrapped in the gauzy language of service?
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   1. 4

      tinged with tenderness and warmth

      tinged with tenderness and warmth; dewy-eyed, romantic

      • 2003: Although the books are scored in different keys—Clinton’s generally attempts to be gauzy and warm, Blumenthal’s is edgy and cold—their underlying refrain is the same. — The New Yorker, 14 July 2003

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