filmy

[ fil-mee ]

adjective

, film·i·er, film·i·est.

1. thin and light; fine and gauzy:

   a gown of a filmy material.

2. hazy or misty; glazed:

   filmy eyes.

filmy

/ ˈfɪlmɪ /

adjective

1. composed of or resembling film; transparent or gauzy
2. covered with or as if with a film; hazy; blurred

Derived Forms

• ˈfilminess, noun
• ˈfilmily, adverb

Other Words From

• filmi·ly adverb
• filmi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of filmy¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; film + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Retired high court judge Anjana Prakash told HW news that his comment was “dramatic, filmy and laughable and it had brought down the level of judiciary”.

From BBC

It reveals mostly close-ups of the singers, often as filmy cameos like you might see in old silents.

From Los Angeles Times

As the third graders of Cumberland Elementary in the Chicago suburbs colored, clipped and glued paper to make cicadas with filmy wings, they confided their fears about what is about to happen in Illinois.

From New York Times

“Over and over, in soft-edged blocks layered on filmy backgrounds, he modeled a commitment to abstraction that charged at the hardest questions of life and art through refusal of the easy path,” my colleague Jason Farago, an art critic for The Times, writes in his review of the retrospective.

From New York Times

Over and over, in soft-edged blocks layered on filmy backgrounds, he modeled a commitment to abstraction that charged at the hardest questions of life and art through refusal of the easy path.

From New York Times