Dewy

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  • adjective. Moist with or as if with dew.
  • adjective. Accompanied by dew.
  • adjective. Suggestive of the freshness or purity of dew, as in innocence or naiveté.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to dew.
  • Of the nature or appearance of dew; like dew: as, dewy tears.
  • Moist with or as if with dew.
  • Accompanied with dew; abounding in dew.
  • Falling gently, or refreshing, like dew: as, “dewy sleep ambrosial,”
  • In botany, appearing as if covered with dew.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to dew; resembling, consisting of, or moist with, dew.
  • adjective. Falling gently and beneficently, like the dew.
  • adjective. Resembling a dew-covered surface; appearing as if covered with dew.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Covered by dew.
  • adjective. Having the quality of bearing droplets of water.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. wet with dew
  • Word Usage
    "It was one of those mornings steeped in dewy freshness, when distant sounds and sights are brought supernaturally near, when lights are strangely bright, and shadows transparent, and the very mountains look more awake than usual."
    Equivalent
    wet  
    Form
    dewy-eyed  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bluey  Dewey  Fukui  Huey  Hughie  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    autumnal  balmy  dusky  feathery  flowery  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    boggy  budding  callow  damp  dampish  
    variant
    dewier  dewiest