webby
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having open interstices or resembling a web: Describes something that is structured with a network of fine, interconnected threads or gaps, similar to a spider's web or other mesh-like formations.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The old fence was covered in a webby layer of frost.
- The fungus had a delicate, webby structure under the microscope.
- She brushed away the webby threads from the corner of the window.
Advanced Usage
- Technical/Descriptive Use: Often used in scientific, botanical, or descriptive writing to characterize textures and structures.
- The geologist noted the rock's webby veins of quartz.
- Figurative Use: Can describe abstract networks or interconnected systems in a metaphorical sense.
- A webby network of alliances connected the ancient city-states.
Variants and Related Words
- Webbed (adj): Having the fingers or toes connected by a membrane (e.g., a duck's foot). This is a distinct, more common term.
- Weblike (adj): Closely synonymous, meaning resembling a web.
- Cobwebby (adj): Specifically resembling or full of cobwebs (old spider webs).
Synonyms
- Filamentous: Consisting of thin threads.
- Reticulate: Arranged or marked like a net or network.
- Gossamer: Very light, delicate, and insubstantial, like a spider's web.
Antonyms
- Solid: Firm and stable in shape; not loose or fluid.
- Dense: Closely compacted in substance.
- Opaque: Not able to be seen through; not transparent or translucent.
Notes on Meaning
- The primary meaning is physical and descriptive, focusing on a mesh-like, often delicate, structure. It is a relatively uncommon adjective.
Adjective
- having open interstices or resembling a web