- cobwebby
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adjective
(cobwebbier; -est)
Date: 1854
1. filled or covered with cobwebs <a cobwebby barn> 2. gossamer <cobwebby lace> 3. musty, well-worn <a cobwebby plot device> <cobwebby quaintness>
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cobwebby — adj. resembling the web spun by a spider; covered with spider webs … English contemporary dictionary
cobwebby — cob·web·by … English syllables
cobwebby — adjective 1. 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 … Useful english dictionary
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