Papery synonyms

pā'pə-rē

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flimsy
Likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.
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insubstantial
Not firm or solid; weak or flimsy:
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slight
The definition of slight is a small amount or someone that is fragile or has little weight or substance.
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poor (related)
Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior:
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thin (related)
Rarefied, as air at high altitudes
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chartaceous
Resembling paper or parchment; papery.
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paperlike
Resembling paper or some aspect of it.
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leathery (related)
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crinkly (related)
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feathery (related)
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stringy (related)
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seed-pod (related)
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fleshy (related)
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yellowy (related)
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reddish-brown (related)
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dark-brown (related)
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cup-shaped (related)
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Find another word for papery. In this page you can discover 17 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for papery, like: flimsy, insubstantial, slight, poor, thin, chartaceous, paperlike, leathery, crinkly, feathery and stringy.
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Papery Sentence Examples

  • The papery hospital gown was rough beneath her palms, the dark room too cold.

  • This thread gives rise to a spiral ciliated band lying in a depression on the body of each spermatozoid; the large spermatozoids eventually escape from the pollen-tube, and are able to perform ciliary movements in the watery liquid which occurs between the thin papery remnant of nucellar tissue and the archegonial necks.

  • In the ripe seed the integument assumes the form of a fleshy envelope, succeeded internally by a hard woody shell, internal to which is a thin papery membrane - the apical portion of the nucellus - which is easily dissected out as a conical cap covering the apex of the endosperm.

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