Powdery
/ˈpaʊdəɹi/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to powder.
"powdery drink"
- 2 Having a lot of powder.
Adjective
- 1 as if dulled in color with a sprinkling of powder wordnet
- 2 consisting of fine particles wordnet
Example
More examples"I look out on the brilliant heaven, and see a milky way of powdery splendour wandering through it, and clusters and knots of stars and planets shining serenely in the blue frosty spaces; and the armed apparition of Orion, his spear pointing away into immeasurable space, gleaming overhead; and the familiar constellation of the Plough dipping down into the west; and I think when I go in again that there is one Christmas the less between me and my grave."
Etymology
From powder + -y.