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wispy

[wis-pee] / ˈwɪs pi /
ADJECTIVE
thin and weak
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A few weeks later, a wispy tendril starts out, climbing up the wooden support.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

"You can't sculpt and cast something that is..." he paused, trying to find the right word, "wispy."

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

That first morning, with coffee in hand, I tiptoed into the lounge, sank into an armchair and watched the desert sprawl while wispy clouds clung to the horizon under a brightening sky.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

The scenes follow her attempts to shake off her dependency on Xavier, gliding in an elegant but wispy and uncentered way between memories, philosophical maunderings and embellishments of imagined interactions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Then the watchers on the peach saw one of the Cloud-Men raising his long wispy arms above his head and they heard him shouting, “All right, boys! That’s enough! Get the shovels!”

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl




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