Definition of Filminess

1. n. State of being filmy.

Definition of Filminess

1. Noun. The quality of being filmy ¹

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Definition of Filminess

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filminess

filmcoated
filmdom
filmdoms
filmed
filmer
filmers
filmgoer
filmgoers
filmgoing
filmi
filmic
filmically
filmier
filmiest
filmily
filminess (current term)
filminesses
filming
filmings
filmis
filmish
filmization
filmizations
filmize
filmized
filmizes
filmizing
filmland
filmlands
filmless

Literary usage of Filminess

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1922)
"... sound gave an idea of solidity, which was not borne out by the filminess of the color. The sound was from cardboard, distinctly objective. ..."

2. Imaginary Interviews by William Dean Howells (1910)
"... the sunny and the shadowy reaches of the woods still in the silken filminess of their fresh young leaves ; the grass springing slenderly, ..."

3. French Painting in the Sixteenth Century by Louis Dimier (1904)
"The master with the monogram IDC, on the other hand, has a dash, a softness, a filminess, which reveal the charms of more refined schools; ..."

4. The House of Harper: A Century of Publishing in Franklin Square by Joseph Henry Harper (1912)
"Of extreme simplicity in dress when attending to business, at home she loved the sheens and lusters of rich fabrics, the filminess of lace, the sparkle of ..."

5. The Contemporary Drama of Italy by Lander MacClintock (1920)
"... a cobweb in delicacy and filminess. Traversi has written two kinds of plays and it is convenient to observe this natural division of his work: First, ..."

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