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powdery

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pow·der·y  (poud-r)
adj.
1. Composed of or similar to powder.
2. Dusted or covered with or as if with powder.
3. Easily made into powder; friable.
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Adj.1.powdery - consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose"; "powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding"
fine - of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles; "wood with a fine grain"; "fine powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust"
2.powdery - as if dulled in color with a sprinkling of powder; "a powdery blue"
light-colored, light - (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent; "light blue"; "light colors such as pastels"; "a light-colored powder"

powdery
adjective fine, dry, sandy, dusty, loose, crumbling, grainy, chalky, crumbly, granular, pulverized, friable He scooped up a handful of dry powdery earth.
Translations
powdery [ˈpaʊdərɪ] ADJ [substance] → pulverulento; [snow] → en polvo; [surface] → polvoriento
powdery [ˈpaʊdəri] adjpoudreux/euse
powdery
adj
(= like powder)pulvrig
(= crumbly)bröckelig; bonesmorsch
(= covered with powder)gepudert
powdery [ˈpaʊdərɪ] adj (substance) → come polvere; (surface) → impolverato/a, polveroso/a; (snow) → farinoso/a
powdery [ˈpaʊdərɪ] adj (substance) → come polvere; (surface) → impolverato/a, polveroso/a; (snow) → farinoso/a


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News is often dispersed as thoughtlessly and effectively as that pollen which the bees carry off (having no idea how powdery they are) when they are buzzing in search of their particular nectar.
But Vasili Andreevich did not stop, but disappeared amid the powdery snow.
We stood about watching them, and the powdery snow lay without melting on the caps and shoulders of the men and the shawls of the women.
 
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