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Synonyms for lacy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ley-see
Phonetic Transcription : ˈleɪ si

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Définition of lacy

Origin :
  • 1804, from lace (n.) in the decorative sense + -y (2).
  • adj delicate, netlike
Example sentences :
  • He opened her bedroom door, laid her on the white, lacy coverlet of her bed.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • Lacy is the smartest fellow we have, and I think will be sure to find him.
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
  • "Well, their folks had to pay Lacy for the cows," answered Jack.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • The afternoon of this day he asked for his chaplain, Mr. Lacy.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • So many years senior was Lacy to his skipper that he used to talk to him like a father.
  • Extract from : « Sonnie-Boy's People » by James B. Connolly
  • I will buy her the necklace she scolded me about at Lacy and Gimcrack's; it's just the sum.
  • Extract from : « The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 » by Various
  • Dress up in that lacy black thing—you are seduction itself in it.'
  • Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett
  • She had found some lacy mats which she had washed and ironed hurriedly.
  • Extract from : « Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman » by Emma Speed Sampson
  • Lacy said she hadn't heard Uncle Joe chirp since he was baptized.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • And now it will be Ziethen's turn, if Daun and Lacy still come on.
  • Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XX. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle

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