wispily

Definitions

In a wispy manner.

Examples

“From some far seaward cisterns of the air billows of fog poured down over the city of San Francisco; rebounding like⟳ smoke⟳ from the summer-heated fronts of hills, they settled in shady hollows and caught wispily at rows of trees.”

““Yes,” said Julia, vaguely and wispily. “Yes, dear, you have⟳.””

“A man and his dog were going to materialize, were going to appear⟳ out of thin air—wispily at first, becoming, finally, as substantial as any man and dog alive.”

“He caught a last⟳ glimpse of Mitzi’s large breasts bulging out above her brassiere, wispily veiled by the negligee.”

“But the fat man remains, as does the cashier, who is wispily blond, with a bony hillbilly nose and translucent white skin.”

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