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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

wispy
    adj 1: thin and weak; "a wispy little fellow with small hands
           and feet"- Edmund Wilson [syn: wisplike, wispy]
    2: 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" [syn: dim,
       faint, shadowy, vague, wispy]

Thesaurus Results for wispy:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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