Definition of "dewy" in English

adjective

1. Covered by dew.

   • The dewy grass was too slick for football.

2. Having the quality of bearing droplets of water.

   • In the dewy fog, it was cold and damp.

3. Resembling or characteristic of dew.

4. Fresh and innocent.

   • 1814, 16 March, Percy Bysshe Shelley letter to Hogg, Thy Gentle Face Thy dewy looks sink in my breast Thy gentle words stir poison there;