POWDERY Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

powdery

adjective

ˈpau̇-də-rē

Definition of powdery

as in dusty

consisting of very small particles the kind of powdery snow that is perfect for skiing

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Recent Examples of powdery Besides the powdery purple shade, most purple bottoms feature a beautiful deep grape hue that works similarly to styling a navy or chocolate brown. — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026 And although Miami won the de facto opener at the Los Angeles Chargers, 19-17, the Dolphins had an assistant coach scandal that involved the coach sending a video to a woman that wasn’t his wife, and the coach snorting a powdery white substance. — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2026 Check whether the leather is powdery, flaking, cracking, unusually stiff, or transferring color onto a clean white cloth. — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 17 Aug. 2026 Another officer found a bag of brown powdery substance and what appeared to be about half a pound of cocaine. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 16 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for powdery

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The production is a rattling junk drawer of circuit-bent thrift-store keyboards, dusty drum machines, and unintuitive loops, and KTO combines them into head-scratching, shouldn’t-work grooves.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Coming up from the intertidal, out of the dusty salt wind with his latest find under one arm, Tennent met a woman on her way down.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

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