lacy
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She has two of them, with lacy white- and pink-colored garments bursting out the sliding doors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
Ms. Carson, who is wearing a black lacy gown, mutters, “Oh God, whatever,” as she waves her arms in exasperation.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
She was dressed in a lacy white duster over slacks and T-shirt and her shoes were not meant for hiking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
Similar in appearance to mizuna but a different species entirely, Ruby Streaks are slender, lacy and visually appealing.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2023
Mom said I could get a new one, but I wanted to wear the same one you did, the one with a lacy skirt and pearls around the neckline.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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Mushrooms with thinner, lacier caps are best here, turning crunchy and brittle as they roast.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2022
Elsewhere on the table might be hoppers, crepes of fermented rice flour curved like bowls, thick and spongy at the bottom with sides that get thinner and lacier as they reach up.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2018
For the laciest edges without compromising flavor, olive oil's your best bet.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2022
Unlike many a coloratura she was faithful to pitch throughout the laciest passages, took her top notes truly.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Not once had she flinched before the laciest coloratura passages, before measures that took her well into contralto regions, out again and up to the peak of the soprano scale.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It not only looked, it was—the very fluffiest, laciest one Jane had ever seen, with marvellous cupids and hearts, and forget-me-nots and true lover’s knots of blue ribbon.
From Chicken Little Jane by Lily Munsell Ritchie
And she had a new dancing frock, quite the loveliest and fluffiest and laciest she had ever worn.
From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Marie Conway Oemler