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UK
/kˈɒbwɪbˌi/
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ADJECTIVE
- covered with cobwebs
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so thin as to transmit light
sheer silk stockings
filmy wings of a moth
gossamer cobwebs
vaporous silks
gauzy clouds of dandelion down
a hat with a diaphanous veil
transparent chiffon
How To Use cobwebby In A Sentence
- It seems to flaunt a certain tatty extravagance, like worn plush furnishings in a cobwebby drawing room.
- I looked into the blue sky with cobwebby white clouds and no wind; it was so peaceful.
- Small lance-shaped leaves, bright green, and kind of cobwebby, clasp together at the top of the stalk, then unwrap to reveal a globe of overlapping, minutely fringed bracts, satiny and tawny like Enstrom's toffee. Aspen Times - Top Stories
- Arachnoid, said of the veil when it is cobwebby, that is, formed of loose threads. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
- Shyness hitherto had been no infirmity of this young Canadian; but Bertie somehow had mesmerized her into a state of consciousness -- it was a cobwebby kind of fetter, but the first she had worn. Bluebell A Novel
- The narrative is written with what I can only describe as a very light hand – there is such delicacy in the early stages of the representation; a cobwebby string of language brings the Dickinsons together in a life that looks so patterned and regular but which turns out to be utterly fragile and insecure. On Emily Dickinson « Tales from the Reading Room
- (Hmm, spell check identifies "cobwebby" as a word. I sveikata!
- All this came back to me recently during a voracious reading session for my new gig -- my publisher has asked me to scour the cobwebby archives for volumes of forgotten lore for a new e-book series. Varla Ventura: Paranormal Parlor Games
- It swung open to reveal a battered, cobwebby wooden staircase that wound down into a shadowy cave beneath the surface.
- I finished my shower and had put on a gold cobwebby shirt that flared at the sleeves and tight bellbottoms of the same color with heeled sandals and was blow-drying my hair.