dewy

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: dew=y

OXFORD DICTIONARY

dewy, adj. (dewier, dewiest)
1 a wet with dew. b moist as if with dew.
2 of or like dew.

Idiom

dewy-eyed innocently trusting; na{iuml}vely sentimental.

Derivative

dewily adv. dewiness n.

Etymology

OE deawig (as DEW, -Y(1))

THESAURUS

dewy

boggy, budding, callow, damp, dampish, dank, ever-new, evergreen, fenny, firsthand, fledgling, fresh, green, growing, humid, immature, impubic, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, intact, juicy, maiden, maidenly, marshy, minor, moist, muggy, naive, neoteric, nestling, new, new-fledged, original, pristine, rainy, raw, ripening, roric, roriferous, sappy, sempervirent, sticky, swampy, tacky, tender, unadult, unbeaten, underage, undeveloped, undried, unfledged, unformed, unhandled, unlicked, unmellowed, unripe, unseasoned, untouched, untried, untrodden, unused, vernal, virgin, virginal, wet, wettish, young

ROGET THESAURUS

dewy

Moisture

N moisture, moistness, humidity, humectation, madefaction, dew, serein, marsh, hygrometry, hygrometer, moist, damp, watery, madid, roric, undried, humid, sultry, wet, dank, luggy, dewy, roral, rorid, roscid, juicy, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin, saturated, swashy, soggy, dabbled, reeking, dripping, soaking, soft, sodden, sloppy, muddy, swampy, irriguous.