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gauzily

gauzily

1 6.9
In a light, delicate way like thin cloth
  • adverb
  • /ˈɡɔːzɪli/
: de manera ligera
  • She decorated the room gauzily with sheer white fabrics for the celebration.

Examples

  • The dancer moved gauzily across the stage, her dress floating behind her.

  • The dress flowed gauzily in the gentle breeze.

  • The morning mist hung gauzily over the quiet fields.

  • She wrapped the gift gauzily in soft fabric.

  • The dress hung gauzily from her shoulders, catching the soft breeze.

  • The curtains billowed gauzily in the warm afternoon sunlight.

  • He wrapped the gift in gauzily sheer paper, adding a delicate touch.

Synonyms

sheerly
vsgauzily
1 5.0

In a thin, almost see-through way often used for light fabric

is about a light, delicate texture rather than clear transparency

Antonyms

heavily
32 1.1

In a way that shows great weight or effort

thickly
8 1.3

In a dense way that forms a thick layer

How Thin

gauzily
1 6.9
thinly
21 1.2

Surface Forms

gauzily positive

Morphology

gauzily = gauzy (transparent) = gauze + y + ly

Formed by adding '-ly' to the adjective 'gauzy', yielding a straightforward adverbial meaning 'in a gauzy manner'.

Etymology

Gauzily comes from gauze, a very thin cloth used for bandages and veils. So to do something gauzily is to do it like that cloth — 'thin' and 'light', soft and delicate.