adjective
- So thin as to transmit light.
- usage: "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"
- synonyms: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
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