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Antonyms for papery
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : pey-puh-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪ pə ri |
Definition of papery
- As in paper : adj thin, flimsy
- As in flimsy : adj not strong; light, thin
- "No one can complain of papery ices here," said the Marchesa.
- Extract from : « The Cook's Decameron: A Study in Taste: » by Mrs. W. G. Waters
- The coat of the inner ball is thin and papery, and opens by an apical mouth.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- It was of silky, papery fiber, as smooth to the touch as to the eye.
- Extract from : « Diplomatic Days » by Edith O'Shaughnessy
- Look along the twigs and you will find the needles arranged in bundles, with a papery, enclosing sheath at the base.
- Extract from : « Trees Worth Knowing » by Julia Ellen Rogers
- Soft pines shed the papery sheath of their leaf bundles before the leaves themselves begin to fall.
- Extract from : « Trees Worth Knowing » by Julia Ellen Rogers
- He took out his clasp knife, and after stripping off the papery outer shell, cut the onion into thick dewy slices.
- Extract from : « Great Possessions » by David Grayson
- The flowers last a long time in water, gradually becoming paler in color and papery in texture.
- Extract from : « Field Book of Western Wild Flowers » by Margaret Armstrong
- They grow from one to over two feet high, taller than the grasslike leaves, forming a loose cluster, with papery bracts.
- Extract from : « Field Book of Western Wild Flowers » by Margaret Armstrong
- The peculiar, five-lobed involucre, which becomes large and papery after flowering, contains from three to five flowers.
- Extract from : « Field Book of Western Wild Flowers » by Margaret Armstrong
- It is made of a papery kind of substance, of rather slight texture, and is fixed to the stalk of a reed.
- Extract from : « Insect Architecture » by James Rennie
Synonyms for papery
- cardboard
- chiffon
- cut-rate
- decrepit
- defective
- delicate
- diaphanous
- disposable
- feeble
- fragile
- frail
- gauzy
- gossamer
- house of cards
- inadequate
- infirm
- insubstantial
- meager
- paper-thin
- papery
- rickety
- rinkydink
- shaky
- shallow
- sheer
- slapdash
- sleazy
- slight
- superficial
- tacky
- transparent
- unsound
- unsubstantial
- wafer-thin
- weak
- wobbly
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