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[ vey-puh-ree ] / ˈveɪ pə ri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR vapory ON THESAURUS.COM
Origin of vaporyFirst recorded in 1590–1600; vapor + -y1 Words nearby vaporyvaporous, vapor pressure, vapor tension, vapor trail, vaporware, vapory, vapour, vapour density, vapourer moth, vapour lock, vapour pressure Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for vaporyNo cheerful creak of the great engine; no vapory puffs of smoke circling skyward from the chimney; no whir of looms. Hope Mills|Amanda M. Douglas She seemed to float upon the air,Untrammeled, unrestricted, free;And rising from a vapory sea She saw a form divinely fair. Custer, and Other Poems.|Ella Wheeler Wilcox When water assumes the gaseous (or vapory) form, it takes up 1723 times as much heat as it contained while a liquid. The Elements of Agriculture|George E. Waring Certainly not the vapory, unsubstantial kind that flit through mansions such as mine. The Statesmen Snowbound|Robert Fitzgerald
Words related to vaporyaerial, airy, bleary, cloudy, diaphanous, dim, ethereal, gauzy, gossamer, hazy, milky, misty, opalescent, opaque, pearly, sheer, transparent, vaporous, aery, blurred |