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LACY (lacier, laciest)
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Irregular inflected forms: lacier , laciest
, laciest Dictionary entry overview: What does lacy mean?
• LACY (adjective)
The adjective LACY has 2 senses:
1. made of or resembling lace
2. having open interstices or resembling a web
Familiarity information: LACY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: lacier
Superlative: laciest
Superlative: laciest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Made of or resembling lace
Synonyms:
lacelike; lacy
Context example:
a lacy leaf
Similar:
fancy (not plain; decorative or ornamented)
Derivation:
lace (a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having open interstices or resembling a web
Synonyms:
lacy; netlike; netted; webbed; webby; weblike
Similar:
reticular; reticulate (resembling or forming a network)
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