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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. thin and weak;
- Example: "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson
[syn: wisplike, wispy]

2. lacking clarity or distinctness;
- Example: "a dim figure in the distance"
- Example: "only a faint recollection"
- Example: "shadowy figures in the gloom"
- Example: "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"
- Example: "a few wispy memories of childhood"
[syn: dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wispy adj 1: thin and weak; "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson [syn: wisplike, wispy] 2: lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" [syn: dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy]