Adjective
- 1. wisplike, wispy, thin (vs. fat), lean
- usage: thin and weak; "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson
- 2. dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy, indistinct (vs. distinct)
- usage: lacking clarity or distinctness; "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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