Definitions
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- noun The state of being
wispy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The wispiness is my body's way of telling me that a beard is not designed to be on my face.
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We sat down in her makeshift home office, perched on chairs that looked as though they might take flight, their wispiness and unusual shape poised for wings.
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He dances with the breathtaking verve of his predecessor James Brown, the beguiling wispiness of Diana Ross, the ungainly pathos of Charlie Chaplin, the edgy joy of a man startled to be alive.
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That was Richard, too, a bit of human wispiness in thin overcoat and thick boots.
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It left such a copious white dross of disorderly wispiness
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The tunnel we entered was totally dark, but she conjured a darting dot, bright in its will-o'-the-wispiness, which preceded us through the gloom and the damp.
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If Helva noticed the odd hollowness, the occasional wispiness as if the tone were half-supported, her sensors were keener than the ears of the adoring crowd of young students and patient officials.
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If Helva noticed the odd hollowness, the occasional wispiness as if the tone were half-supported, her sensors were keener than the ears of the adoring crowd of young students and patient officials.
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Simbel in his defeat has lost much of his recent wispiness.
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Both in their mid-20s, Zach Steinman and Sam Haar make spaced-out dance music that has roots in Giorgio Moroder synth workouts and Boards of Canada wispiness.
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