diaphanous
61diaphanously — adverb In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent …
62airy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unsubstantial, immaterial; well ventilated, breezy; flimsy, unreal, visionary; sprightly, light, volatile; pretentious. See insubstantiality, air, affectation. Ant., close, heavy. II (Roget s IV)… …
63gossamer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cobweb; gauze, veil. See transparency. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Cobweb] Syn. spiderweb, filament, tendril; see fiber 1 , thread . 2. [Thin cloth] Syn. gauze, tissue, chiffon, sheer silk, sheer nylon.… …
64thin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. slender, lean, narrow (see narrowness); watery, weak, di luted; attenuated; faint, dim, threadlike; fine, delicate; poor, lame (as an excuse); flimsy, sheer, filmy. See rarity, weakness,… …
65translucent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lucid, clear, diaphanous, hyalescent, semi opaque, frosty. See transparency. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. glassy, semitransparent, pellucid, frosted, crystalline; see also clear 2 , transparent 1 .… …
66transparency — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) That which permits vision through Nouns 1. transparency, translucency, transpicuity, diaphaneity, lucidity, pellucidity, limpidity, clearness, sheerness, thinness. See invisibility. 2. glass, crystal,… …
67filmy — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Composed of or like film] Syn. gauzy, flimsy, diaphanous, gossamer; see sheer 2 . 2. [Covered with a film] Syn. misty, cloudy, dim, coated; see hazy 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. veiled, hazy, cloudy, misty, foggy …
68fancy — [15] Ultimately, fancy is the same word as fantasy [15], from which it emerged by a process fane 210 of contraction and gradually became differentiated in meaning. Both go back originally to the Greek verb phaínein ‘show’ (source also of English… …
69phantom — [13] Like fancy and fantasy, phantom goes back ultimately to the Greek verb phantázein ‘make visible’, a derivative of phaínein ‘show’ (source also of English diaphanous and phenomenon [17]). From phantázein was derived the noun phántasma… …
70sheer — I [[t]ʃɪər[/t]] adj. er, est, adv. n. 1) transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics: sheer stockings[/ex] 2) unmixed with anything else; unadulterated: sheer rock; sheer luck[/ex] 3) unqualified; utter: sheer nonsense[/ex] 4) extending down… …
