wispily
Like thin smoke
In a wispy manner—faintly, delicately, or in thin, light strands.
Smoke rises wispily, hair falls wispily across a face, fog drifts wispily through trees.
The word suggests something insubstantial or barely there: Her voice trailed off wispily.
In a swinging manner
- flowinglyIn smooth continuous motion
- airilyIn a breezy manner
- buoyantlyIn an uplifted manner
- breezilyIn lighthearted fashion
lightly · gently · softly · gracefully · delicately · cloudlike · mistily · hazily
With uncertain manner
- tentativelyWithout full commitment
- shylyIn a retiring manner
- timidlyIn fearful, hesitant fashion
- quietlyWithout making noise
softly · gently · delicately · evasively · fleetingly · transiently · ephemerally · momentarily
In a weak manner
- thinlyIn sparse layers
- sparselyIn a thin manner
- flimsilyIn an insubstantial manner
- gauzilyIn translucent manner
sheerly · transparently · diaphanously · insubstantially · nebulously · vaguely · indistinctly · dimly
Resembling a specter
- spectrallyIn phantom-like manner
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- hauntinglyIn a persistently unsettling way
- eerilyIn an unsettling manner
mystically · dreamlike · wraithlike · shadowily · intangibly · spiritually · supernaturally · transcendently
swayingly
In a swinging manner
breezily · lightly · gently · softly · gracefully · delicately · cloudlike · mistily · hazily · smokily
hesitantly
With uncertain manner
- tentativelyWithout full commitment
- shylyIn a retiring manner
- timidlyIn fearful, hesitant fashion
quietly · softly · gently · delicately · evasively · fleetingly · transiently · ephemerally · momentarily · subtly
faintly
In a weak manner
gauzily · sheerly · transparently · diaphanously · insubstantially · nebulously · vaguely · indistinctly · dimly · palely
ghostly
Resembling a specter
- spectrallyIn phantom-like manner
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- hauntinglyIn a persistently unsettling way
eerily · mystically · dreamlike · wraithlike · shadowily · intangibly · spiritually · supernaturally · transcendently
wispilydensely
In concentrated manner
thickly · heavily · solidly · substantially · massively
wispilyheavily
With great weight
weightily · forcefully · ponderously · thunderously · lumberingly