'papery' definitions:
Definition of 'papery'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Thin and paperlike; "papery leaves"; "wasps that make nests of papery material"
adjective
Of or like paper [syn: chartaceous, papery, paperlike]
Definition of 'papery'
From: GCIDE
- papery \pa"per*y\ (p[=a]"p[~e]r*[y^]), a. Like paper; having the thinness or consistency of paper. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'papery'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airy,
- atrophied,
- attenuate,
- attenuated,
- boyish,
- breakable,
- brittle,
- cheap-jack,
- cobwebby,
- crumbly,
- dainty,
- delicate,
- delicately weak,
- desiccated,
- diaphanous,
- diluted,
- dried-up,
- effeminate,
- emaciated,
- ethereal,
- fine,
- fine-drawn,
- finespun,
- flimsy,
- fragile,
- frail,
- frangible,
- gauzy,
- gimcrack,
- gimcracky,
- girlish,
- gossamer,
- gossamery,
- gracile,
- insubstantial,
- jerry,
- jerry-built,
- lacy,
- light,
- lightweight,
- misty,
- namby-pamby,
- parchmenty,
- pasteboardy,
- puny,
- rare,
- rarefied,
- sere,
- shattery,
- shriveled,
- shrunken,
- sissified,
- sleazy,
- slender,
- slenderish,
- slight,
- slight-made,
- slim,
- slimmish,
- slinky,
- small,
- subtle,
- svelte,
- sylphlike,
- tacky,
- tenuous,
- thin,
- thin-bodied,
- thin-set,
- thin-spun,
- thinnish,
- threadlike,
- unsubstantial,
- vague,
- wasp-waisted,
- wasted,
- watered,
- watered-down,
- watery,
- weak,
- willowy,
- wilted,
- wiredrawn,
- wispy,
- withered,
- wizened,
- womanish,
- wrinkled