Dewy
['djuːɪ] or ['dʊi]
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to dew; resembling, consisting of, or moist with, dew.
(a.) Falling gently and beneficently, like the dew.
(a.) Resembling a dew-covered surface; appearing as if covered with dew.
Editor: Whitney
Examples
- Across the dewy meadows he bounded fawn-like, singing as gayly as the lark already saluting the sun in the fresh blue sky. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Here, Shirley stepping aside to gather a dewy flower, she and her companion turned into a path that lay nearer the gate. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The air was bright and dewy and the sky without a cloud. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Theirs is the dewy bloom of morning, the languid flush of evening, the peace of the moon, the changefulness of clouds. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The morning air blowing freshly over the dewy plants, rushed into the heated room. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Bending low among the dewy grass, Mrs. Sparsit advanced closer to them. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
Typed by Beryl