What does dewy mean?
Dewy means Covered by dew..
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/ˈdjuː.i/ · adjective
Covered by dew..
The dewy grass was too slick for football.
His mildly vivid dewy beam Of beryl to diffuse: the gleam With elf-light tiniest figures lit Of shapely moon-fair elves who sit Each on a gemmy blade's curled tip In circle.
In the dewy fog, it was cold and damp.
At midnight, in the month of June, / I stand beneath the mystic moon. / An opiate vapor, dewy, dim, / Exhales from out her golden rim
1814, 16 March, Percy Bysshe Shelley letter to Hogg, Thy Gentle Face Thy dewy looks sink in my breast Thy gentle words stir poison there;
It was unusually early for him; his whole person exhaled the charm of almost dewy freshness; […]
Simplicity in life, simplicity in art, and a dewy freshness over all.
Use dewy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dewy means Covered by dew..
Common synonyms include bedewed, rory, dewy, roric.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The dewy grass was too slick for football.
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