"papery" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more papery [comparative], most papery [superlative]
Etymology: From paper + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|paper|y}} paper + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} papery (comparative more papery, superlative most papery)
  1. Of, similar to, or related to paper. Synonyms: papyraceous, papyral, papyrian, papyrine [obsolete] Hyponyms: paperlike, paperish, paper-thin (english: similar to paper) Derived forms: paperiness Translations (being like paper): paperimainen (Finnish), paperinohut (Finnish), cartaceo (Italian), papyraceus (Latin), chartarius (Latin)
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "being like paper",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "being like paper",
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          "sense": "being like paper",
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          "sense": "being like paper",
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          "lang": "Latin",
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      "sense": "being like paper",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "being like paper",
      "word": "paperinohut"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "being like paper",
      "word": "cartaceo"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "being like paper",
      "word": "papyraceus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "being like paper",
      "word": "chartarius"
    }
  ],
  "word": "papery"
}

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