English
Etymology
From dew + -y
Pronunciation
IPA|/�du�.ɪ/
audio|en-us-dewy.ogg|Audio (US)
audio|en-us-dewy2.ogg|Audio 2 (US)
Adjective
en-adj
- cover|Covered by dew.
#: 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.
Quotations
1831 � w:Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe, s:The Sleeper|The Sleeper
:At midnight, in the month of June,<br/>I stand beneath the mystic moon.<br/>An opiate vapor, dewy, dim,<br/>Exhales from out her golden rim
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