dewy
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈdjuː.i/, /ˈdʒuː.i/, /ˈduː.i/
Adjective

dewy (comparative dewier, superlative dewiest)

  1. covered#Adjective|Covered by dew.
    Synonyms: bedewed, rory, Thesaurus:bedewed
    The dewy grass was too slick for football.
  2. Having the quality of bear#Verb|bearing droplets of water#Noun|water.
    In the dewy fog, it was cold and damp.
  3. Fresh and innocent.
    • 1814, 16 March, Percy Bysshe Shelley letter to Hogg, Thy Gentle Face
      Thy dewy looks sink in my breast
      Thy gentle words stir poison there;
    • 1906 January–October, Joseph Conrad, chapter II, in The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale, London: Methuen & Co., […], published 1907, OCLC 270548466 ↗; The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Collection of British Authors; 3995), copyright edition, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1907, OCLC 1107573959 ↗, page 13 ↗:
      It was unusually early for him; his whole person exhaled the charm of almost dewy freshness; [...]



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