filmy

[ fil-mee ]

adjective

filmier, filmiest.

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 Word Forms

• 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

Smoke lent artificial darkness and a filmy quality to the light in areas far from the conflagration.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From New York Times

For decades, researchers have assumed that the inevitable filmy buildup on electrodes inside rechargeable batteries is the driver of performance loss.

From Science Daily