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[ doo-ee, dyoo-ee ] / ˈdu i, ˈdyu i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dewy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, dew·i·er, dew·i·est.moist with or as if with dew. having the quality of dew: dewy tears. Origin of dewybefore 1000; Middle English; Old English dēawig;see dew, -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM dewydew·i·ly, adverbdew·i·ness, nounun·dew·i·ly, adverbun·dew·i·ness, noun un·dew·y, adjective Words nearby dewydew-point spread, dew pond, Dewsbury, dew snail, dew-worm, dewy, dewy-eyed, dexamethasone, dexamphetamine sulfate, Dexamyl, Dexedrine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dewyWhen romancing the dewy Briony, the cosmopolitan New Yorker Andrew sounds like the creepy European Humbert Humbert. The Brain Man: What is E. L. Doctorow Up to?|Tom LeClair|January 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST "Her at Pont Street has wrote to give 'im the go-by—that's what she've done," said pale-faced Tait, wiping his dewy brow. The Dop Doctor|Clotilde Inez Mary Graves Isolde's blue eyes, dewy as a child's with unshed tears, appealed to him. A Modern Mercenary|Kate Prichard and Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard I dont think Ill walk in the dewy grass any more in the morning. Letters of the Motor Girl|Ethellyn Gardner
We once knew a sweet young creature, with dewy eye and breath like timothy hay. Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume II|Various A girl with eyes like dewy violets was his Diana, and to her his incense was offered. Gordon Keith|Thomas Nelson Page
British Dictionary definitions for dewy
adjective dewier or dewiestmoist with or as with dewa dewy complexion of or resembling dew poetic suggesting, falling, or refreshing like dewdewy sleep Derived forms of dewydewily, adverbdewiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to dewysucculent, luscious, oily, syrupy, murky, overcast, cloudy, hazy, fuzzy, foggy, muggy, watery, rainy, soggy, damp, humid, late, different, state-of-the-art, modern |