Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Like a wisp.

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  • adjective Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective thin and weak
  • adjective lacking clarity or distinctness

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Examples

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

    Point of View in Fiction 2009

  • 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 Andy Bull 2011

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

    Gladiator Dan Clark 2009

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

    Gladiator Dan Clark 2009

  • 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 2009

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

    Fatal Circle Linda Robertson 2010

  • 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 Lackey, Mercedes 2004

  • 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 Richard Francis Burton 1855

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

    The Welkening Gregory Spencer 2004

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

    The Welkening Gregory Spencer 2004

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