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# wispy

adjective (wispy, wispier, wispiest)

«wispy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Wispy means thin, light and fine, in small loose strands, like thin wisps of hair, cloud or smoke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wispy/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on clouds, high wispy clouds are cirrus clouds, made of ice crystals. In stories and description, wispy hair or a wispy beard is thin and soft; wispy smoke drifts from a chimney. Phrases: «wispy clouds», «wispy hair», «wispy smoke», «wispy beard».

### Examples

- Wispy clouds streaked across the blue sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wispy/#x1)
- The baby had wispy blond hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wispy/#x2)
- Wispy smoke rose from the campfire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wispy/#x3)
- The old wizard had a long, wispy beard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wispy/#x4)
- High, wispy clouds are called cirrus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wispy/#x5)
- Wispy grass waved in the breeze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wispy/#x6)

### Note

Adjective from «wisp» (a thin strand) + «-y». Comparative «wispier». Often used for clouds, hair and smoke.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wispy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wispy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wispy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wispy.html) on Mova free.