Wispy - English meaning

adjective

Having, covered with, or resembling feathers.

Usage examples:

Wisps of feathery blonde hair

adjective

Soft or delicate, or made of many very small and delicate pieces

Usage examples:

Feathery clouds/foliage/leaves, feathery blond hair

adjective

Of very high quality; very good of its kind.

Usage examples:

This was a fine piece of film-making

noun

Very small particles found in mining, milling, etc.

Usage examples:

It raises dust, separating fines from aggregate.

adverb

In a satisfactory or pleasing manner; very well.

Usage examples:

‘and how's the job-hunting going?’ ‘oh, fine.’

adjective

(of a person's hair) fine and difficult to control.

Usage examples:

The gel is designed to smooth down flyaway hair

noun

A fine strand of hair that sticks out or does not lie smoothly against the rest of the hair; a stray hair.

Usage examples:

Pin the ends and any flyaways into place

adjective

Flyaway hair is soft, light, and difficult to keep in place.

adjective

Growing or spreading in an irregular, untidy way.

Usage examples:

His straggly dark hair

adjective

Growing or spreading out in an untidy way

Usage examples:

He has a long, straggly grey beard.

adjective

With opposite surfaces or sides that are close or relatively close together.

Usage examples:

Thin slices of bread

adverb

With little thickness or depth.

Usage examples:

Cut the ham as thin as possible

verb

Make or become less dense, crowded, or numerous.

Usage examples:

The remorseless fire of archers thinned their ranks