MEANING
Thin, dry, and easily rustling or tearing.
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Words that belong together
- papery skin
- papery leaves
On the page
Papery leaves rattled along the fence.
Word forms
- Base
- papery
Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more papery; superlative most papery. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.
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