dewy
Collocations
5ADJ.
high, vivid
VERB + DEWY
wets
DEWY + NOUN
beam, beryl, grass
PREP.
in, on
ADV.
mildly
Definitions
adj
Covered by dew.
His mildly vivid dewy beam Of beryl to diffuse: the gleam With elf-light tiniest figures lit Of shapely moon-fair elves who sit Each on a gemmy blade's curled tip In circle.
The dewy grass was too slick for football.
Having the quality of bearing droplets of water.
In the dewy fog, it was cold and damp.
At midnight, in the month of June, / I stand beneath the mystic moon. / An opiate vapor, dewy, dim, / Exhales from out her golden rim
Resembling or characteristic of dew.
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;
It was unusually early for him; his whole person exhaled the charm of almost dewy freshness; […]
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — wet with dew
- bedewed
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4His mildly vivid dewy beam Of beryl to diffuse: the gleam With elf-light tiniest figures lit Of shapely moon-fair elves who sit Each on a gemmy blade's curled tip In circle.
WiktionaryThe dewy grass was too slick for football.
WiktionaryIn the dewy fog, it was cold and damp.
WiktionaryThrice roar the caverned shore-cliffs, thrice the spray / whirls up and wets the dewy stars on high.
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