What does wispy mean?

Definitions for wispy
ˈwɪs piwispy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. wisplike, wispyadjective

    thin and weak

    "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson

  2. dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispyadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. wispyadjective

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

    The wispy smoke rose from chimneys all around town.

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  1. wispy

    Wispy generally refers to something that is fine, thin, delicate, or vague. It is often used to describe thin strands, such as hair or smoke, or to describe something faint, frail or barely perceptible.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wispy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wispy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of wispy in a Sentence

  1. Allyson Gantt:

    There's just something magical about this place with the clear dark water below and the soft wispy cypress needles above, the cypress trees are usually covered with bromeliads, spiky air plants that gather water from dew and rain and simply use their host trees for support. On a windy day, the cypress trees clatter just a little bit as they brush up against each other.

  2. Thomas Cravens:

    We know that it's bumping material out of the rings at least 10 times faster than we thought, if it's not being replenished, the rings aren't going to last -- you've got a hole in your bucket. Jupiter probably had a ring that evolved into the current wispy ring, and it could be for similar reasons. Rings do come and go. At some point they gradually drain away unless somehow they're getting new material.

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