gauzier; gauziest
1
: made of or resembling gauze
gauzy wings
2
: marked by vagueness, elusiveness, or fuzziness
his gauzy memory of the events
a gauzy melody
3
: tending to be or make romantic
gauzy optimism
Synonyms
Examples of gauzy in a Sentence
gauzy curtains that let plenty of light through
I have only a gauzy recollection of those long-ago events.
Recent Examples on the Web
Bridges were needed not just to fulfill a gauzy City Beautiful dream, but for practical reasons.
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Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2022
Having grown up working in his mother’s Los Angeles hair salon, Bradford adopted a primary artmaking material that is not paint, but rather small gauzy papers used to curl hair.
—Matthew Bourbon, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2020
The women, on the other hand, were dressed in long blue leggings under gauzy dresses, with baggy race T-shirts pulled over the whole ensemble.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2020
The fragrance itself is marketed as a light and airy floral, reminiscent of wearing a gauzy cotton sundresses in a field of daffodils, which is where Gerber shot the recent campaign alongside friends and fellow models Adut Akech and Meghan Roche.
—Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 18 Apr. 2020
The difficulty with such a gauzy notion of public service, at least as a basis for political office, is its ambiguity.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2020
No one, though, is more obsessed with the irresistible gauzy shirts than Dev Hynes.
—Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2019
Her debut collection for the maintained the ethos of the storied house: bouclé suits, sharply tailored gauzy dresses, shirts with pronounced collars, and appliqués with the brand’s signatures, including camellias and bows.
—Barry Samaha, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Feb. 2020
The dramatic, gauzy layers looked like beautiful rain clouds swirling around her.
—Sara Radin, refinery29.com, 26 Jan. 2020
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Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2022
Having grown up working in his mother’s Los Angeles hair salon, Bradford adopted a primary artmaking material that is not paint, but rather small gauzy papers used to curl hair.
—Matthew Bourbon, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2020
The women, on the other hand, were dressed in long blue leggings under gauzy dresses, with baggy race T-shirts pulled over the whole ensemble.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2020
The fragrance itself is marketed as a light and airy floral, reminiscent of wearing a gauzy cotton sundresses in a field of daffodils, which is where Gerber shot the recent campaign alongside friends and fellow models Adut Akech and Meghan Roche.
—Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 18 Apr. 2020
The difficulty with such a gauzy notion of public service, at least as a basis for political office, is its ambiguity.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2020
No one, though, is more obsessed with the irresistible gauzy shirts than Dev Hynes.
—Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2019
Her debut collection for the maintained the ethos of the storied house: bouclé suits, sharply tailored gauzy dresses, shirts with pronounced collars, and appliqués with the brand’s signatures, including camellias and bows.
—Barry Samaha, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Feb. 2020
The dramatic, gauzy layers looked like beautiful rain clouds swirling around her.
—Sara Radin, refinery29.com, 26 Jan. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1760, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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