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    LACY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: lacier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, laciest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: lacier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: laciest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Made of or resembling laceplay

    Example:

    a lacy leaf

    Synonyms:

    lacelike; lacy

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    fancy (not plain; decorative or ornamented)

    Derivation:

    lace (a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Having open interstices or resembling a webplay

    Synonyms:

    lacy; netlike; netted; webbed; webby; weblike

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    reticular; reticulate (resembling or forming a network)

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