wispy Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite thin and weak
   wisplike.
   
   • a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson
2. adjective satellite lacking clarity or distinctness
   dim; shadowy; faint; vague.
   
   • a dim figure in the distance
   • only a faint recollection
   • shadowy figures in the gloom
   • saw a vague outline of a building through the fog
   • a few wispy memories of childhood

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