dewy
/ˈdjuː.i/ adjective C2- Covered by dew. · The dewy grass was too slick for football.
- Having the quality of bearing droplets of water. · In the dewy fog, it was cold and damp.
- Resembling or characteristic of dew.
- Fresh and innocent. · 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;
Comparative dewier · Superlative dewiest
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They liked to sit there when the twilight came down and the white moths flew about in the garden and the odor of mint filled the dewy air.
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