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WISPY (wispier, wispiest)
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, wispiest Dictionary entry overview: What does wispy mean?
• WISPY (adjective)
The adjective WISPY has 2 senses:
1. thin and weak
2. lacking clarity or distinctness
Familiarity information: WISPY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: wispiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thin and weak
Synonyms:
wisplike; wispy
Context example:
a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet
Similar:
lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)
Derivation:
wisp (a small person)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking clarity or distinctness
Synonyms:
dim; faint; shadowy; vague; wispy
Context example:
a few wispy memories of childhood
Similar:
indistinct (not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand)
Context examples
Examination of this shell in further detail also shows some evidence of thin, wispy gas clouds known as filamentary substructures.
(Ageing Star Blows Off Smoky Bubble, ESO)
Researchers with NASA’s Cassini mission found evidence of a toxic hybrid ice in a wispy cloud high above the south pole of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.
(NASA Team Finds Noxious Ice Cloud on Saturn’s Moon Titan, NASA)
The previous close Cassini flybys yielded high-resolution views of the bright, wispy terrain on Dione first seen during the Voyager mission.
(Cassini to Make Last Close Flyby of Saturn Moon Dione, NASA)
When airborne dust heats up, it creates updrafts that carry gases along with it, including the small quantity of water vapor sometimes seen as wispy clouds on Mars.
(Global Storms on Mars Launch Dust Towers Into the Sky, NASA)
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