as in naive
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment
another version of the story of the dewy small-town youths hoping to make it in the big city
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Recent Examples of dewy
But there is also a quiet unease in this dewy new skin.
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
In comparison, Merit’s Flush Balm wins out thanks to its sheer, dewy formula and instant luminosity.
—Humeara Mohamed, refinery29.com, 7 Aug. 2024
Han frequently recommends this relatively affordable chemical sunscreen to friends who want a nourishing, dewy formula that feels weightless and wears well underneath makeup—a.k.a.
—Kathleen Suico, Allure, 13 Apr. 2024
Each year the trend for beautifully dewy complexions gets a mini glow-up.
—Elle Turner, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2024
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
In comparison, Merit’s Flush Balm wins out thanks to its sheer, dewy formula and instant luminosity.
—Humeara Mohamed, refinery29.com, 7 Aug. 2024
Han frequently recommends this relatively affordable chemical sunscreen to friends who want a nourishing, dewy formula that feels weightless and wears well underneath makeup—a.k.a.
—Kathleen Suico, Allure, 13 Apr. 2024
Each year the trend for beautifully dewy complexions gets a mini glow-up.
—Elle Turner, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dewy
Adjective
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But in the transactional world of Trump, Musk, and DOGE, the concept of career civil servants taking lower-paying, apolitical work to serve an intangible greater good is naive at best.—
Adam Chandler,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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The idea sounds simple, even naive: Fix the money, fix the world.—
Bryan Benson,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This innocent man spent over three decades behind bars.—
Yash Roy,
CNN,
23 Feb. 2025
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The story itself was a typically innocent Shirley Temple tale, in this a young girl who tries to reconcile her parents and her grandfather after her mother marries a Yankee.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Styled by Dani Levi, Kardashian wore a simple floor-length bodycon gown from Balenciaga Couture.—
Mikelle Street,
WWD,
17 Feb. 2025
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Yellow is the simplest, and purple is the most difficult.—
New York Times Games,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Red is for load, black is for line, white is for neutral, green is for ground, and blue is for connecting to another switch in a three-way configuration.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
19 Feb. 2025
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Prior to the November election, a majority of the City Council was pro-bollard, encouraging the use of plastic green ones along city roadways to separate bike lanes from vehicle traffic.—
Barbara Henry,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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These clowns dressed as presidents appear immature and narcissistic.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2025
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A lot of us automatically use certain emotionally immature phrases without even thinking about it.—
Kathy and Ross Petras, Contributors,
CNBC,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Houde said these mammoth animals are a primitive group of proboscideans ('elephantoids') from which modern elephants evolved.—
Joseph J. Kolb,
Fox News,
18 July 2017
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Many are primitive and remote, and don’t have restrooms or water.—
OregonLive.com,
OregonLive.com,
12 July 2017
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“Dewy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dewy. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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