Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
thin and paperlike;
- Example: "papery leaves"- Example: "wasps that make nests of papery material"2.
of or like paper;
[syn: chartaceous, papery, paperlike]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
papery \pa"per*y\ (p[=a]"p[~e]r*[y^]), a.
Like paper; having the thinness or consistency of paper.
--Gray.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
papery
adj 1: thin and paperlike; "papery leaves"; "wasps that make
nests of papery material"
2: of or like paper [syn: chartaceous, papery, paperlike]