"filmy" in the adjective sense

1. diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby

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"

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