Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality or state of being filmy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun State of being filmy.

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  • noun The quality of being filmy

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Examples

  • Not since Turkish Star Wars has a film managed to capture the… filminess of the… topical… plans.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Ok…this made my entire day better than before. 2006

  • "Same thing for me," he says when his eyes lose their filminess.

    A King of Infinite Space Steele, Allen 1997

  • After that first sharp immediate relief from suspense, Lois again felt its filminess settling down upon her.

    McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. Various

  • It may have the misty filminess of steam, the limpid deeps of water, or the cold weight and icy dullness of pompous ignorance.

    Spirit and Music H. Ernest Hunt

  • Her sheer, white gown fell from sloping, well powdered shoulders and its filminess softened wonderfully the lines which were beginning to harden her face.

    The Lady Doc Caroline Lockhart 1916

  • This impression of willowy flexibility was somehow heightened by large, pear-shaped pendants hanging from her ears, by a certain filminess in her black costume and hat.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • This impression of willowy flexibility was somehow heightened by large, pear-shaped pendants hanging from her ears, by a certain filminess in her black costume and hat.

    The Dwelling Place of Light — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

  • This impression of willowy flexibility was somehow heightened by large, pear-shaped pendants hanging from her ears, by a certain filminess in her black costume and hat.

    The Dwelling Place of Light — Volume 3 Winston Churchill 1909

  • Now the inundation divided itself into separate wavelets, the last lagging behind, crested by a foaming parasol, which hid all details, except a general white muslin filminess.

    My Friend the Chauffeur Frederic [Illustrator] Lowenheim 1901

  • Having heard, she said nothing; but Lady Valleys noticed with alarm that over her eyes had come suddenly the peculiar filminess of age.

    The Patrician John Galsworthy 1900

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