floury

adjective

Definition of flourynext
as in dusty
consisting of very small particles shelves of old books covered with floury dust

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floury
  1. dusty
  2. fine
  3. powdery
Adjective
  • Choose from more than 20 colors, including dusty pink, fall-ready forest green, and classic cream.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The arc could be, for instance, a chance alignment of unrelated stars, the product of gravitational lensing from a background galaxy, or a dusty region that happens to mimic a stream's shape.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of dusty
Adjective
  • Spray cooling covers a surface with fine droplets that absorb heat and evaporate.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Now, some of the restaurants carrying that distinction are also questioning the conventions that have come to define fine dining.
    — Carinne Geil Botta, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of fine
Adjective
  • 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
  • Good Girl Blush does is a slightly softer, more powdery iteration of the original perfume.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of powdery
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“Floury.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floury. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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