wisplike

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Definition

Adjective: 1. Resembling a wisp; thin, delicate, and often appearing frail or insubstantial. It describes something that is fine, slender, and light, as if it could be blown away easily, like a wisp of smoke or hair.

Usage

The adjective "wisplike" is used to describe the physical appearance of a person or thing, emphasizing a lack of solidity, thickness, or strength. It often carries a connotation of fragility or ethereal lightness. * It is typically placed before a noun (attributive position). * It can also follow a linking verb like "be" or "look" (predicative position).

Examples

• The dancer's wisplike frame seemed to float across the stage.
• Wisplike clouds streaked the pale blue sky at dawn.
• Her hair was fine and wisplike, escaping from her braid in soft tendrils.
• He was a wisplike figure, barely casting a shadow in the dim light.

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use: Can be used metaphorically to describe something intangible that is faint or barely perceptible.
  • A wisplike memory of the event drifted through her mind.

Variants and Related Words

• Wispy (adjective): The more common synonym, meaning consisting of or resembling small, thin strands; fine and light.
  • Wispy clouds, wispy hair.
• Wisp (noun): A small, thin bunch, strand, or streak of something.
  • A wisp of hair, a wisp of smoke.

Synonyms

• Delicate
• Filmy
• Flimsy
• Fragile
• Gossamer
• Insubstantial
• Slender
• Thin

Antonyms

• Solid
• Stout
• Substantial
• Thick
• Sturdy

Học thuật

Adjective

1. thin and weak
   • a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet- Edmund Wilson

Từ đồng nghĩa

• wispy