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Adjective: filmy (filmier,filmiest)  fil-mee
  1. So thin as to transmit light
    "filmy wings of a moth";
    - diaphanous, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous [Brit, non-standard], cobwebby, vapoury [Brit, Cdn], vapory [US]

Derived forms: filmiest, filmier

See also: thin

Encyclopedia: Filmy