Papery

Word PAPERY
Character 6
Hyphenation pa per y
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Papery"

What do we mean by papery?

Resembling paper, as in thickness or texture. adjective

Like paper; having the thinness and consistency of paper; having the appearance or texture of paper.

Like paper; having the thinness or consistency of paper. adjective

Being like paper adjective

Of or like paper adjective

Thin and paperlike adjective

Being like paper in terms of consistency, thickness, texture, dryness, etc.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Papery

The word "papery" in example sentences

Close to her, very meek under her sheltering wing, were Sarah and Mary, the housemaids – very gay in papery silks, pink and green, with much adornment of wide yellow lace. ❋ Unknown (1911)

They range from a species of lichen and a plant called a papery whitlow wort, neither of which is hardly more than an inch or two high, to lovely purple-flowered scrub blazing star or the fragrant scrub mint with its delicate, orchid-like blossoms that are hard to miss in the landscape when they're in bloom. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As I sit here, today, trying on my new editorial hat, thinking up more orders to shout at Gary, I fancy myself in charge of the glossy New Yorker or the "papery" Le Monde. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Those mushrooms are new to me here, kind of papery, I will have to try that poof. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Gleaming in high light under an equally light sky, they huddle almost one on top of the other, built upon every available square yard inside the "papery" old city wall, which looks as if cannon would blow it away. ❋ Isabel Savory (N/A)

Witt, a profound theologian and courtly gentleman; and the Rev.Dr. William C. Brownlee, with his vigorous Scotch accent, preaching against what he invariably called "papery" (popery), and recalling, as he did, ❋ Marian Gouverneur (N/A)

"She hasn't changed much, though; fallen away a little; her red cheeks have turned to a kind of papery white; her mouth has grown thin and ❋ Ann S. Stephens (N/A)

Her head slowly sinks into her shoulders, her movements acquire an arthritic carefulness and her voice becomes more papery and thin. ❋ Unknown (2011)

“Yes,” she said in a papery voice before going back to her muttering chant. ❋ Diana Pharaoh Francis (2011)

Carefully separating it from the papery, sticky skins. ❋ Jael McHenry (2011)

I felt papery bandages crinkle underneath the cotton. ❋ Molly Harper (2011)

The poet Christina Rossetti wrote of the moon's papery whiteness. ❋ Unknown (2012)

These grandparents, whom the children and grandchildren alike called Ma and Dad, had a huge garden where I loved the exotic husk tomatoes, peeling their papery covers away and eating the sweet-tanged fruits. ❋ Annie Proulx (2011)

In a few minutes my breast was flat, the skin almost papery. ❋ Kelly Simmons (2011)

My face felt papery and hot in the obscured morning sun. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

Dorit – Warm-hued wood with 24-karat pure gold facets or papery-white wood with 12-karat white gold facets: ❋ Unknown (2009)

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