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[ pey-puh-ree ] / ˈpeɪ pə ri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR papery ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivelike paper; thin or flimsy: the papery petals of the narcissus. Origin of paperyFirst recorded in 1620–30; paper + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM paperypa·per·i·ness, nounWords nearby paperypaper-train, paper wasp, paperweight, paper-white narcissus, paperwork, papery, papeterie, Paphian, Paphian Goddess, Paphlagonia, Paphos Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for paperyWhat he calls a “papery palace of stories” sustains identity and ties Mufti to place. “Now we wonder why this has all gone so wrong.”|Frederick Deknatel|November 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST He took out his clasp knife, and after stripping off the papery outer shell, cut the onion into thick dewy slices. Great Possessions|David Grayson The papery egg-cases of the periwinkle remind one of a beautiful necklace. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts|Girl Scouts He hoisted Davey up by his dry, papery armpits and sat him in the seat. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town|Cory Doctorow
It was of silky, papery fiber, as smooth to the touch as to the eye. Diplomatic Days|Edith O'Shaughnessy Powell's is the largest bookstore in the world, an endless, multi-storey universe of papery smells and towering shelves. Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
British Dictionary definitions for papery
adjectivelike paper, esp in thinness, flimsiness, or dryness Derived forms of paperypaperiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to paperyshaky, decrepit, insubstantial, tacky, rickety, feeble, chiffon, cardboard, disposable, shallow, gossamer, wobbly, frail, slight, paper-thin, wafer-thin, defective, delicate, diaphanous, fragile |