papery
pay puh ree
- s thin and paperlike
papery leaves
wasps that make nests of papery material - a of or like paper
- Novels are getting restless, shrugging off their expensive papery husks and transmigrating digitally into other forms.
- As we grow older, the body has trouble replenishing the stores of collagen and elastin, giving the skin a thin, papery look.
- He shuffled slowly into an elegant reception room at his official residence and proffered a hand that felt too soft, the skin papery thin and blotched with liver spots.