filmy adj : 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" [syn: {diaphanous}, {gauzy}, {gossamer}, {see-through}, {sheer}, {transparent}, {vaporous}, {cobwebby}] [also: {filmiest}, {filmier}] filmier See {filmy}