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gossamer, light, sheer, transparent, vaporous, airy, diaphanous, filmy, see-through

adj. so thin as to transmit light; "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"

light

adj. of comparatively little physical weight or density; "a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C"

weightless

adj. having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light; "floating freely in a weightless condition"; "a baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth"; "jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric"

translucent, semitransparent

adj. almost transparent; allowing light to pass through diffusely; "translucent amber"; "semitransparent curtains at the windows"

slight, slim, delicate, slender

adj. being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"

foamy, frothy, spumy, sudsy

adj. relating to or containing gas bubbles

floating, buoyant, floaty

adj. tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf"

capillary, hairlike

adj. long and slender with a very small internal diameter; "a capillary tube"

filamentous, threadlike, thready

adj. thin in diameter; resembling a thread

fine, slim, slender, tenuous

adj. very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"

flimsy

adj. very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile"; "light summer dresses"

split, hyperfine

adj. extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components; "hyperfine structure"

papery

adj. thin and paperlike; "papery leaves"; "wasps that make nests of papery material"

sleazy

adj. of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining"

overweight, heavy, fleshy

adj. usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

thick, heavy

adj. abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust"

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