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  • adjective superlative form of gauzy: most gauzy.

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Examples

  • But sometimes, the gauziest, most emotion-laded, goose-bump-inspiring advertisements can be the most deceptive, and can do the greatest disservice to the public dialogue.

    Jonathan Miller: In Defense of the Indefensible: The Value of Truthful Negative Ads Jonathan 2011

  • But sometimes, the gauziest, most emotion-laded, goose-bump-inspiring advertisements can be the most deceptive, and can do the greatest disservice to the public dialogue.

    Jonathan Miller: In Defense of the Indefensible: The Value of Truthful Negative Ads Jonathan 2011

  • He can also whisper the gauziest ballad like Paul Desmond and Johnny Hodges, two of his biggest influences as a player.

    Jazz in the Age of the iPod 2009

  • He can also whisper the gauziest ballad like Paul Desmond and Johnny Hodges, two of his biggest influences as a player.

    Jazz in the Age of the iPod 2009

  • It was Bissell, a supremely self-assured operator who routinely acted with only the gauziest authority from the White House, who had the idea of hiring the Mafia.

    Whose Obsession Is It, Anyway? 2008

  • At least the feud had taken a useful turn this past summer, erupting in gowns made of the thinnest, gauziest possible materials-costly, of course, since that meant gossamer linen and silk, and each gown had to be made of three or more layers if the lady who wore one didn't want to reveal every possible bodily secret to the world.

    Brightly Burning Lackey, Mercedes 2000

  • The bits he'd snared offered only the gauziest of hints: shards of computer technology, not old or new, but different -- a hint at the secret the Terrans were rumored to possess, and which had attracted his famous attention; and a name.

    In Alien Hands Shatner, William 1997

  • There was a light knock on. the door; Julia floated in, surrounded by the gauziest of linen draperies, purchased on Cos.

    The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

  • Although one of the thinnest and gauziest of modern silk fabrics, it is relatively strong considering its lightness.

    Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades

  • So, to be brief, I threw a dark cloak over the damsel's shoulders, for indeed she was clad in little more than her loveliness and the gauziest filaments of a Hither girl's underwear, and hand in hand led her down the log steps, over the splashing, ankle-deep courtyard, and into the shadows of the gateway beyond.

    Gulliver of Mars 1905

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