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Definition of papery in English: paperyadjective ˈpeɪp(ə)riˈpeɪpəri Thin and dry like paper. Example sentencesExamples - Make sure you remove the papery membrane that you'll find between the two halves.
- Some, such as tulips, have a brown papery coating called a tunic (just like onions).
- With their papery bark, aromatic leaves, red sap, and rapidly tapering trunks, elephant-trees are as absurd, beautiful, and intriguing as their namesakes.
- Garlic is ready to harvest when the leaves turn papery and fade.
- It is a beautiful tree, with gracious branches and a brilliant white papery peeling bark.
Synonyms thin, paper-thin, gossamer-thin, ultra-thin, flimsy, delicate, insubstantial, fragile, frail, light, lightweight rare papyraceous, chartaceous
Rhymes apery, drapery, japery, napery, vapoury (US vapory) Definition of papery in US English: paperyadjectiveˈpeɪpəriˈpāpərē Thin and dry like paper. Example sentencesExamples - Some, such as tulips, have a brown papery coating called a tunic (just like onions).
- Make sure you remove the papery membrane that you'll find between the two halves.
- Garlic is ready to harvest when the leaves turn papery and fade.
- With their papery bark, aromatic leaves, red sap, and rapidly tapering trunks, elephant-trees are as absurd, beautiful, and intriguing as their namesakes.
- It is a beautiful tree, with gracious branches and a brilliant white papery peeling bark.
Synonyms thin, paper-thin, gossamer-thin, ultra-thin, flimsy, delicate, insubstantial, fragile, frail, light, lightweight
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