Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being covered or damp with dew.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun State of being dewy.
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- noun The state or quality of being
dewy .
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Examples
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The Silk Foundation is slightly matte with a subtle dewiness, which is what you need to create the polished skin effect on the runway or for everyday.
Taylor Swift Announced as the Face of New COVERGIRL Cosmetic Line, NatureLuxe - Yahoo! Finance 2010
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But if you love this look and your skin is oily, prepare the skin with a clay mask, a mattifier toner, and a stop-shine product before applying the tinted moisturizer to keep the skin matte naturally, but fake it by adding the dewiness with tinted moisturizer.
Best in Beauty Riku Campo 2010
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As for Sergeant Trotter: The touch of choirboy dewiness Moscati brings to the character initially seems an odd choice, but the manner becomes endearing.
1st Stage's 'Mousetrap' is a whodunit worth catching Celia Wren 2010
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Really old, in fact, because so many of your friends will be peeling and lasering their way to artificial dewiness.
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LIP GLOSS: Another part of the sunkissed equation is a sexy lip gloss that enhances the dewiness of the the cheeks.
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Martin Landau plays a lonely old man, and Ellen Burstyn plays an old woman who sneaks glances at him with a dewiness that announces, old-folks romance ahead!
Toronto Film Festival highlights, including 'The Hurt Locker,' 'JVCD,' and '$9.99' | EW.com 2008
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Did Miss Burridge grow roses because they had so many traits in common with her adolescent pupils -- softness, dewiness, sweetness, occasional thorniness?
Incubus Arensberg, Ann, 1937- 1999
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There was a latent dewiness in the air that made the clear moonlight as fresh and invigorating as a winter's morning.
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Gay, in a little white frock of soft mull, with a cascade of lace falling below her long, young throat, resembled a freshly-gathered rose with all the fragrance and dewiness of the garden of Youth upon her.
Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Cynthia Stockley
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The chilly air has departed, and in its place is a sense of freshness, of dewiness, of fragrance and delight.
Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Frederic S. Cozzens
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