lacily

In filigree fashion

In a lacy manner—with the delicate, openwork quality of lace.

The word describes how something appears or is arranged with intricate, web-like patterns: Frost spread lacily across the window, The shadows fell lacily through the wrought-iron gate.

textile

delicately

In a careful, subtle manner

daintily · filigree · openwork · tatted · crocheted · embroidered · trimmed · edged · bordered · scalloped

appearance

elegantly

With tasteful grace

wispy · feathery · diaphanous · sheer · translucent · frosted · crystalline · snowflake · fernlike · leafy

Opposites
texture/weave density

lacilysolidly

In a firm manner

densely · thickly · compactly · heavily · opaquely

delicacy/heaviness

lacilycoarsely

In unrefined manner

heavily · crudely · roughly · thickly · bulkily

Phrases
Family

lacing, laciness

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G