dewy

[ doo-ee, dyoo-ee ]

adjective

, dew·i·er, dew·i·est.

1. moist with or as if with dew.
2. having the quality of dew:

   dewy tears.

dewy

/ ˈdjuːɪ /

adjective

1. moist with or as with dew

   a dewy complexion

2. of or resembling dew
3. poetic.
   suggesting, falling, or refreshing like dew

   dewy sleep

Derived Forms

• ˈdewiness, noun
• ˈdewily, adverb

Other Words From

• dewi·ly adverb
• dewi·ness noun
• un·dewi·ly adverb
• un·dewi·ness noun
• un·dewy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dewy¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English dēawig; dew, -y ¹

Example Sentences

A parade of vehicles came to a standstill on my left, coughing up exhaust into the dewy mountain forest.

From Outside Online

When she confused the parsley and cilantro, he pointed out the signs above the dewy herbs.

From ProPublica

Another one I love is their whole Hydroboost series because it’s so hydrating and I love a good glow and for my skin to be dewy.

From Essence.com

The gel they mix with soil absorbs the dewy moisture and holds it.

From Science News For Students

Your bath will leave you calm, cool, collected, and dewy to boot.

From Popular-Science

When romancing the dewy Briony, the cosmopolitan New Yorker Andrew sounds like the creepy European Humbert Humbert.

From The Daily Beast

Dropping off Haley at school could have been really dewy and sappy.

From The Daily Beast

Hot, scantily clad girl with perpetually dewy skin plus a muscle-bound, invincible, heat-packing man?

From The Daily Beast

Yet she presents herself in much the same dewy, charming, handsome way the president did when he first appeared a national figure.

From The Daily Beast

Mr. Latimer comes across as an honest, if perhaps an occasionally naïve and dewy-eyed observer.

From The Daily Beast

She had been walking alone with her arms hanging limp, letting her white skirts trail along the dewy path.

From Project Gutenberg

How beautiful thou art, O heaven divine,And thou, O dewy earth!

From Project Gutenberg

In quiet shade the sombre valley lay,While all the little hills around were clothedWith the soft lustre of the dewy moon.

From Project Gutenberg

I could fancy the joy of walking between these dewy rows in the fresh morning sun and picking my breakfast.

From Project Gutenberg

We moved across the dewy lawn to a bench beneath the sycamore that guarded the house, and sat down.

From Project Gutenberg

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