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lac·y

also lac·ey (lā′sē)

adj. lac·i·er, lac·i·est

Of, relating to, or resembling lace.

lac′i·ness n.

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lacy

(ˈleɪsɪ)

adj, lacier or laciest

(Textiles) made of or resembling lace

ˈlacily adv

ˈlaciness n

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lac•y

(ˈleɪ si)

adj. lac•i•er, lac•i•est.

consisting of or resembling lace.

[1795–1805]

lac′i•ly, adv.

lac′i•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	lacy - made of or resembling lace; "a lacy gown"; "a lacy leaf" lacelike fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"
	2.	lacy - having open interstices or resembling a web netlike, netted, webby, weblike, webbed reticular, reticulate - resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system"

lacy

adjective filigree, open, fine, sheer, delicate, frilly, gossamer, gauzy, net-like, lace-like, meshy lacy night-gowns

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Translations

merlettato simile a pizzo

lacy

[ˈleɪsɪ] ADJ (lacier (compar) (laciest (superl))) (= of lace) → de encaje; (= like lace) → como de encaje
a lacy dress → un vestido lleno de encajes

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

lacy

[ˈleɪsi] adj

(= made of lace) [underwear] → en dentelle

(= delicate) → pareil(le) à de la dentelle
lacy ferns → des fougères pareilles à de la dentelle

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lacy

adj (+er) → Spitzen-; (= like lace) → spitzenartig; lacy underwear → Spitzenunterwäsche

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

lacy

[ˈleɪsɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (made of lace) → di pizzo; (like lace) → che sembra un pizzo

References in periodicals archive ?

THIRSK: 2.15 Lady Ibrox, 2.50 Jamesbo's Girl, 3.25 Lacily, 4.00 Entihaa, 4.40 Charles De Mille, 5.15 Fol Hollow, 5.45 Besty, 6.15 Gulf Storm.

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TODAY'S TIPS

NAOMI MATTHEW: 2.15 Lady Ibrox, 2.50 Jamesbo's Girl, 3.25 Lacily, 4.00 Entihaa, 4.40 Charles De Mille, 5.15 Fol Hollow, 5.45 Besty, 6.15 Gulf Storm.

Sea born to rule in the Palace Stakes; Racing preview

Godolphin's Lacily faces her easiest task to date in the British Stallion Studs Supporting British Racing EBF Fillies' Handicap at Thirsk.

Sea is Born to rule in the Palace

GOLD HUNTER (4.25) is a speedy sort and we have high hopes of Doncaster winner LACILY (5.00).

MY LIGHT IS BRIGHT IN 1,000! FRANKIE DETTORI THE MAN! ONLY IN THE MIRROR

Intimately clinched in perpetuity, Gautrand's concrete parasite plays a flighty, feminine Ginger (with flashes of lacily perforated petticoats) to Simounet's orthogonal, masculine Fred.