lacy

/ˈleɪsi/

/ˈleɪsi/

Other forms: laciest; lacily; lacier

Lacy means gauzy and delicate, with small, ornate details. Think of your grandma's lacy kitchen curtains or the lacy fronds of a fern.

This adjective means "like lace," that gauzy fabric that's patterned with tiny holes. You might decorate a table with lacy doilies or a lacy tablecloth, wear a long skirt with a lacy flounce at the bottom, or tidy the lacy throw pillows on a couch. This type of delicate pattern in nature is also lacy: "I love looking at the sun filtering through the lacy leaves of the big oak tree."

Definitions of lacy

1. adjective

   made of or resembling lace
   “a lacy gown”

   “a lacy leaf”

   synonyms: lacelike

   fancy

   not plain; decorative or ornamented
2. adjective

   having open interstices or resembling a web
   synonyms: netlike, netted, webbed, webby, weblike

   reticular, reticulate

   resembling or forming a network