wispy adj 1: thin and weak; "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson [syn: {wisplike}] 2: lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" [syn: {dim}, {faint}, {shadowy}, {vague}] [also: {wispiest}, {wispier}]