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Definition of Papery
1. Adjective. Thin and paperlike. "Wasps that make nests of papery material"
2. Adjective. Of or like paper.
Definition of Papery
1. a. Like paper; having the thinness or consistence of paper.
Definition of Papery
1. Adjective. being like paper ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Papery
1. resembling paper [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Papery
Literary usage of Papery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"1536 (Letter« and papery x. 488), he states that he is writing a short apology
for the king on throwing off his submission to Rome, and shall bring it with ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"Like the envelope, they are made up of several papery layers BO closely blended
as to be hardly distinguishable, forming a substance astonishingly thick, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1873)
"In taking leave of their readers in the *;o1 h number, the publisher says, ' We
now lay down this papery with grateful thanks to the public, and as liberty ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... the plaits hairy outside; sepals tomentose, ovate and obtuse, Min. long: caps,
scarlet, papery. India. BM 2628.— Doubtful whether known in this country. ..."
5. Tenby: A Sea-side Holiday by Philip Henry Gosse (1856)
"... for their Freedom—papery Sea- mat. July 17th. I LIKE to stand at our
parlour-window, and see the Trawlers getting under weigh on a Monday morning. ..."
6. The American homoeopathic pharmacopoeia by Joseph T. O'Connor (1883)
"... to brown in color, fragile and papery. By prolongations of the inner seed-coat,
the large, oily cotyledons of which the seed is mainly composed, ..."
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