dewy
Origin of dewy
1Other words from dewy
- dew·i·ly, adverb
- dew·i·ness, noun
- un·dew·i·ly, adverb
- un·dew·i·ness, noun
- un·dew·y, adjective
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How to use dewy in a sentence
A parade of vehicles came to a standstill on my left, coughing up exhaust into the dewy mountain forest.
Yes, You Can Avoid the Crowds at (the Very Popular) Great Smoky Mountain National Park | tzemke | August 2, 2022 | Outside OnlineWhen she confused the parsley and cilantro, he pointed out the signs above the dewy herbs.
A Crisis of Undiagnosed Cancers Is Emerging in the Pandemic’s Second Year | by Duaa Eldeib, video by Alex Garcia | May 4, 2021 | ProPublicaAnother one I love is their whole Hydroboost series because it’s so hydrating and I love a good glow and for my skin to be dewy.
Chloe & Halle On Their Partnership With Neutrogena And Being Without A Manicure In Quarantine | Brande Victorian | March 12, 2021 | Essence.comThe gel they mix with soil absorbs the dewy moisture and holds it.
Dew collector brings water to thirsty plants | Melissa L. Weber | January 18, 2021 | Science News For StudentsYour bath will leave you calm, cool, collected, and dewy to boot.
To take the most relaxing bath ever, add some healthy tips | Rachel Feltman | January 3, 2021 | Popular-Science
When romancing the dewy Briony, the cosmopolitan New Yorker Andrew sounds like the creepy European Humbert Humbert.
Dropping off Haley at school could have been really dewy and sappy.
Emmys 2013: Julie Bowen’s Favorite ‘Modern Family’ Moments (VIDEO) | Julie Bowen | September 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHot, scantily clad girl with perpetually dewy skin plus a muscle-bound, invincible, heat-packing man?
Yet she presents herself in much the same dewy, charming, handsome way the president did when he first appeared a national figure.
Mr. Latimer comes across as an honest, if perhaps an occasionally naïve and dewy-eyed observer.
She had been walking alone with her arms hanging limp, letting her white skirts trail along the dewy path.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinHow beautiful thou art, O heaven divine,And thou, O dewy earth!
The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi | Giacomo LeopardiIn quiet shade the sombre valley lay,While all the little hills around were clothedWith the soft lustre of the dewy moon.
The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi | Giacomo LeopardiI could fancy the joy of walking between these dewy rows in the fresh morning sun and picking my breakfast.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonWe moved across the dewy lawn to a bench beneath the sycamore that guarded the house, and sat down.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eaton
British Dictionary definitions for dewy
/ (ˈdjuːɪ) /
moist with or as with dew: a dewy complexion
of or resembling dew
poetic suggesting, falling, or refreshing like dew: dewy sleep
Derived forms of dewy
- dewily, adverb
- dewiness, noun
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