Lacy
adjective
Having or looking similar to lace; full of holes or transparent sections.
She wore a lacy wedding dress.
Often appears as...
- lacy dress
- lacy curtains
adjective
Covered with or resembling lace, delicate and intricate.
The cake had a lacy icing decoration.
Often appears as...
- lacy pattern
- lacy detailing
adjective
Having or looking similar to lace; full of holes or transparent sections.
She wore a lacy wedding dress.
Often appears as...
- lacy dress
- lacy curtains
adjective
Covered with or resembling lace, delicate and intricate.
The cake had a lacy icing decoration.
Often appears as...
- lacy pattern
- lacy detailing
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Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine 'lacy' objects as having airiness and delicate intricacy, much like a spider's web.
The sunlight filtered through the lacy leaves of the tree.
Pro Tip 2/3Elegance or Femininity
'Lacy' often suggests elegance or femininity, commonly used in fashion and design.
Her lacy blouse added a touch of elegance to her outfit.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Transparency
The term 'lacy' can imply that something is partly see-through or has a pattern with gaps.
The lacy curtains let soft light into the room.
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Saving the Creepy...
it's so romantic do flies dreams yeah each bug is photographed in a life-like way that's similar to how joel photographs his animals for the photo arc the bugs are looking right at you with all the details on display from the hairy legs of a wolf spider to the lacy
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Why are human bodies...
But some organisms, like pigs, don't have those embryonic cilia and still have asymmetric internal organs. Could all cells be intrinsically asymmetric? Probably. Bacterial colonies grow lacy branches that all curl in the same direction,
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Saving the Creepy...
it's so romantic do flies dreams yeah each bug is photographed in a life-like way that's similar to how joel photographs his animals for the photo arc the bugs are looking right at you with all the details on display from the hairy legs of a wolf spider to the lacy
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Why are human bodies...
But some organisms, like pigs, don't have those embryonic cilia and still have asymmetric internal organs. Could all cells be intrinsically asymmetric? Probably. Bacterial colonies grow lacy branches that all curl in the same direction,
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Quote examples
Gary Rossington
American Musician
Our parents helped us, or we wouldn't be here. Lacy Van Zant and my mother used to sign for amps or loan us money to get to the gig or take us in their car. It's just like little sports guys - Little League and football players - whose parents help them. That's why they get good.
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Regina Brett
American Journalist
Cancer is a great wake-up call. A call to take the tag off the new lingerie and wear that black lacy slip. To open the box of pearls and put them on. To crack open the bath oil beads before they shrivel up in a bowl on the toilet tank.
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J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
The key characteristics of a tempura-style batter are extreme lightness of color and texture: Good tempura should be pale blond with an extraordinarily lacy, light, and crisp coating.
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Daisy Lowe
English Model
I live on the ground floor, so I have these lacy curtains during the day and then as soon as it gets dark, I'm like, 'Blackout blinds! Shutters!' I like being more private.
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Borns
American Musician
I have these lacy shirts that look kind of like my grandma's curtains that I wear.
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Gary Rossington
American Musician
Our parents helped us, or we wouldn't be here. Lacy Van Zant and my mother used to sign for amps or loan us money to get to the gig or take us in their car. It's just like little sports guys - Little League and football players - whose parents help them. That's why they get good.
Quote examples
Regina Brett
American Journalist
Cancer is a great wake-up call. A call to take the tag off the new lingerie and wear that black lacy slip. To open the box of pearls and put them on. To crack open the bath oil beads before they shrivel up in a bowl on the toilet tank.
Quote examples
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
The key characteristics of a tempura-style batter are extreme lightness of color and texture: Good tempura should be pale blond with an extraordinarily lacy, light, and crisp coating.
Quote examples
Daisy Lowe
English Model
I live on the ground floor, so I have these lacy curtains during the day and then as soon as it gets dark, I'm like, 'Blackout blinds! Shutters!' I like being more private.
Quote examples
Borns
American Musician
I have these lacy shirts that look kind of like my grandma's curtains that I wear.
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