cobwebby
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7.5
- adjective
- /ˈkɑːbˌwɛbi/
:
telarañoso
- Two members of the trio heaved aside the sarcophagus lid, exposing a mummified form swathed in the cobwebby remains of a linen shroud.
- dark and cobwebby
Examples
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Beyond the barns, the eastern sky was lightening in that cracked, cobwebby way of winter mornings.
Fiction book (1997) -
She carefully brushed the cobwebby fabric of the vintage dress to reveal its delicate pattern.
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Right now it looks very garagey and cobwebby, You know, stuff like that.
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I feel really bad; a foggy, cobwebby feeling that clings to me but that I can neither grab onto nor wipe away.
Fiction book (1995) -
Some compelling current pulled at her fingers, drew them toward the earth at the base of one of the plants, then upward along the stem, to the leaves, and at last, to the soft, cobwebby masses of flowers.
Fiction book (1994) -
Even the love—the one among the many? that still beat, like the wings of a dying moth, in a cobwebby corner of his consciousness?
Fiction book (1990) -
He said nothing, though he was uncomfortably aware that the damp, cobwebby basement of Demaizen Old Hall was the sort of place in which a too-curious researcher could conveniently disappear.
Fiction book (2002) -
The old attic was filled with cobwebby corners, making it feel both eerie and charming.
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As the light poured through the stained glass, it illuminated the cobwebby edges of the window frame.
Synonyms
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4.0
Very thin and almost see-through, like light fabric
7
6.7
Very thin and light, often letting light pass through like a curtain
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5.8
A thin, light layer that is almost see-through
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9.6
Very light, delicate material that is almost transparent
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6.4
Thin and delicate like a spider's web or legs
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8.6
Very light and delicate like a thin cloth or spider web
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5.7
Covered with spider webs that show it has been unused
A very thin, light cloth that is almost see-through
Having thin lines that form a shape like a spider's web
Having many thin connected threads like a spider's web
Antonyms
Compounds
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word cobwebby comes from cobweb plus the ending -y, which means 'full of' or 'like'. So, it means 'covered with spider webs' or 'very thin and delicate, like a web'.