dew
noun
moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.
dewless
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a word derived from
dew.
Example Sentences
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Not a word was spoken, as his arms went round her—then they turned and walked together upon the dark, dewless grass, beneath the summer moon.
From Greifenstein by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
There was a sense of blight in the air; the flowers were drooping in the garden, and the ground was parched and dewless.
From The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The fruit-hung branches moved, and suddenly The trembling apples smote the dewless grass, And all the year to autumn-tide did pass.
From The Earthly Paradise A Poem by William Morris
An August evening, calm, golden, dewless, can be very lovely.
From The Story Girl by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
However hot the summer day, its night is always cool and dewless.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
