dewy
adjective
moist with or as if with dew.
dewiness
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a word derived from
dewy.
Example Sentences
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She’s no longer prone to dewiness; she’s fully present onstage.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2020
She doesn’t push it, but as a study in evaporating dewiness, she’s a guaranteed heartbreaker.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2015
What hits you first is the dewiness of Fawn Ledesma's Juliet, the lovestruck maiden of the House of Capulet.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2012
Where there were no wounds, it had a peach-like tint, faintly damp with the dewiness of the newly dead.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a natural shimmer to it, a dewiness and a pollen of youth that enveloped her like a caress.
From Star-Dust by Fannie Hurst
