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papery
[ pey-puh-ree ]
ˈpapery
/ ˈpeɪpərɪ /
adjective
- like paper, esp in thinness, flimsiness, or dryness
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Derived Forms
- ˈpaperiness, noun
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- paper·i·ness noun
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Example Sentences
What he calls a “papery palace of stories” sustains identity and ties Mufti to place.
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Powell's is the largest bookstore in the world, an endless, multi-storey universe of papery smells and towering shelves.
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The fronds are smooth, deep-green in color, slightly paler beneath, and of a rather firm papery texture.
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The lowest Marsupials as regards the ossicles are the Peramelidae, whose ossicles are of a frail papery consistence.
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The small burs have a thin, papery lining, and short, widely-branching spines.
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Fruit a fleshy pome, with the cells formed by papery or cartilaginous membranes within juicy flesh.
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