lacier

More delicately patterned

Lacier is the comparative form of lacy, meaning more delicate, intricate, or resembling lace.

Something lacier has finer openwork patterns or a more delicate appearance than what it's compared to: The frost on the window grew lacier as the temperature dropped.

Her grandmother's tablecloth was lacier than anything she'd seen in stores.

icy

frosty

Cold or unwelcoming

wintry · frozen · hoarfrost · rime · slippery · crystalline · glassy · slick · ice-cold

glacial

moraine

Glacier-deposited debris pile

ablation · calving · fjord · icecap · icefall · icefield · cirque · till · outwash · glaciology

slow

crawling

Moving on hands, knees

grinding · plodding · imperceptible · unhurried · gradual · advancing · retreating · melting

Opposites
texture/density

lacierdenser

More closely packed

solider · thicker · heavier · bulkier · sturdier

aesthetic quality

lacierplainer

More unadorned

coarser · cruder · rougher · homelier

visual delicacy

lacierplainer

More unadorned

chunkier · cruder · clunkier · blockier

Phrases
Family

lacing, laciest

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