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adj. - Thin and resembling a material made of cellulose pulp, used chiefly for writing, printing, drawing, wrapping, and covering walls.

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Usage examples (35)
  • papery leaves
  • "She hasn't changed much, though; fallen away a little; her red cheeks have turned to a kind of papery white; her mouth has grown thin and
  • Leaflets are papery, with a glabrous upper surface.
  • He had -- his skin was almost papery, as I recall it.
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