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Dewy vs Bedewy - What's the difference?

dewy | bedewy |

As adjectives the difference between dewy and bedewy

is that dewy is covered by dew while bedewy is (obsolete) moist with dew; dewy.

dewy

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • 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.
  • * 1831 , :
    • At midnight, in the month of June,
    I stand beneath the mystic moon.
    An opiate vapor, dewy , dim,
    Exhales from out her golden rim

    Synonyms

    * (covered by dew) rory

    Derived terms

    * dewy-eyed

    Anagrams

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    bedewy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Moist with dew; dewy.
    • Night with her bedewy wings. — A. Brewer.
    (Webster 1913)