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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Like a wisp.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. thin and weak
  2. adj. lacking clarity or distinctness

Examples

  • “They remain wispy, uncertain figures in a novel that inevitably leads us to seek more definition, more certainty.”

    Point of View in Fiction

  • “With the main business completed, he asked me if I wanted him to take care of the short hairs, and assuming he was referring to the wispy ones on the back of the neck, said yes.”

    The Guardian World News

  • “My heart bangs against my rib cage, my mouth goes dirt dry, and my breath comes in short, wispy gasps.”

    Simon & Schuster: Gladiator

  • “Restaurant regulars have been identified as wispy-eyed figures who live just around the block, but these indolent customers cannot be said to have truly traveled.”

    Edward Champion's Reluctant Habits

  • “The river had deposited me under a willow tree laden with some kind of wispy moss.”

    Simon & Schuster: Fatal Circle

  • “She was of the kind that Alison thought of as "wispy" 'soft, blond hair going to gray, styled in a fashionable chignon, soft, gray-blue linen walking suit, slight figure, doll-pretty face with soft blue eyes.”

    Phoenix And Ashes

  • “Apparently under this name there are several tribes inhabiting lands of various elevations; some are coloured café au lait, as if born in a high and healthy region; others are almost jet black with the hair frightfully "wispy," like a mop.”

    Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2

  • “She looked to Angie for confirmation, and Angie smiled, if such you could call the wispy line on Angie’s now translucent face.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Welkening

  • “The first time 'wispy' and Clint Eastwood have ever been used in the same sentence.”

    Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed

  • “Cursive maybe but not the kind of wispy cursive that implies I'm "a ditz that just wanted a random sexy tattoo and this fit the bill".”

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions

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