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词汇 wispily
释义 wispily
adverb
uk /ˈwɪs.pəl.i/ us /ˈwɪs.pəl.i/

wispilyadverb (THIN)


in a way that is thin and delicate, like a small, thin line of cloud, smoke, steam, etc.:
Smoke rose wispily from the end of her cigarette.
The clothes must be intended for wispily thin models since they are only available in small sizes.
(of hair) thin and not growing thickly:
Her hair drooped wispily over her eyes and she had to tuck it behind her ear.
A wispily bearded young man was at the door.
Smoke swirled wispily around when they opened the door.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Light and weightless
(as) light as a featheridiom
airiness
airy
ethereal
ethereality
fluffiness
fluffy
foamy
frothily
frothy
lightness
lightweight
portability
portable
sheer
superlight
weightlessly
weightlessness
wispy
zero gravity

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Hair
Thin and fine

wispilyadverb (NOT LOUD/STRONG)


in a way that is not loud or strong:
The shy girl wispily gave her name and was asked by the judge to repeat herself.
A few feeble leaves wispily hung off the few dried branches.
"I can't believe they've gone," she murmured wispily.
He was weak, and spoke wispily, as though he was already a ghost.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Describing qualities of the human voice
adenoidal
aloud
be dripping with somethingidiom
boomy
bray
breathy
brittle
chocolatey
fruity
multi-voiced
nasality
nasally
pitchy
purringly
soft-spoken
stentorian
strangulated
toned
toneless
voiced

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Thin and fine

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