"lacey" meaning in English

See lacey in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: lacier [comparative], laciest [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} lacey (comparative lacier, superlative laciest)
  1. Alternative spelling of lacy Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: lacy
    Sense id: en-lacey-en-adj-T4yB7FbT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries
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          "ref": "1901, Helen Follett Stevans, The Woman Beautiful",
          "text": "Skirts of white muslin, with pretty frills and lacey trimmings that fall in soft folds and ruffles around one's feet, are mighty dainty things for the summer girl--but is there a colder sound than that of a starched white petticoat in the dead of winter?",
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          "ref": "1914, Virginia Brooks, Little Lost Sister",
          "text": "She was dressed in a lacey gown, a size too large for her.",
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          "ref": "2008 July 11, The New York Times, “Museum and Gallery Listings”, in New York Times",
          "text": "Michael Brown’s stainless-steel simulation of a cracked mirror freezes an act of anarchy into a lovely, lacey web.",
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