papery
adj.
similar to paper, resembles paper
papery
Adjective
1. thin and paperlike; "papery leaves"; "wasps that make nests of papery material"
(similar) thin
2. of or like paper
(synonym) chartaceous, paperlike
(pertainym) paper
Papery
(a.)
Like paper; having the thinness or consistence of paper.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Synonyms and related words:
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.