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dew⋅y

  [doo-ee, dyoo-ee]
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–adjective dew⋅i⋅er, dew⋅i⋅est.
1. moist with or as if with dew.
2. having the quality of dew: dewy tears.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE dēawig; see dew, -y 1

Related forms:
dew⋅i⋅ly, adverb
dew⋅i⋅ness, noun
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dew·y   (dōō'ē, dyōō'ē)   
adj.   dew·i·er, dew·i·est
  1. Moist with or as if with dew: dewy grass in early morning.
  2. Accompanied by dew: a dewy morning.
  3. Suggestive of the freshness or purity of dew, as in innocence or naiveté: never gave up the dewy outlook of youth.
dew'i·ly adv., dew'i·ness n.
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Dewy

Dew"y\, a. 1. Pertaining to dew; resembling, consisting of, or moist with, dew.

A dewy mist Went and watered all the ground. --Milton.

When dewy eve her curtain draws. --Keble.

2. Falling gently and beneficently, like the dew.

Dewy sleep ambrosial. --Cowper.

3. (Bot.) Resembling a dew-covered surface; appearing as if covered with dew.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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