dewy
pronunciation
How to pronounce dewy in British English:
UK [ˈdju:i]
How to pronounce dewy in American English:
US [ˈdui]
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- Adjective:
- wet with dew
Word Origin
- dewy (adj.)
- Old English deawig (see dew + -y (2)).
Example
- 1. The dewy woodland , as he threaded it , was solitary and still .
- 2. I added a flick of gloss on the lips for a dewy look .
- 3. My sandals on the soft dewy grass made this sound : shippa-shippa-shippa-shippa , and that was the only sound in the whole valley .
- 4. Visitors can wander through dewy tea plantations and bamboo forests , or swim in a reservoir to the buzz of cicadas .
- 5. Finally , the movies give us lovely things to see-fog-bound islands , dewy leaves .