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
  • This East of Eden is a gorgeous production, deliberately stark and vast and dusty rather than lushly floral like the 1955 film.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In one, a dark-haired man played the Camille Saint-Saëns song on a dusty violin while a ballerina in a fanlike feathery skirt danced the part of the swan.
    — Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of dusty
Adjective
  • Her finest moment, however, comes at the aforementioned weed seltzer party.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Cage has described Spider-Noir as a Roy Lichtenstein mash-up of fine-art film and mass-cultural television.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of fine
Adjective
  • Besides the powdery purple shade, most purple bottoms feature a beautiful deep grape hue that works similarly to styling a navy or chocolate brown.
    — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026
  • And although Miami won the de facto opener at the Los Angeles Chargers, 19-17, the Dolphins had an assistant coach scandal that involved the coach sending a video to a woman that wasn’t his wife, and the coach snorting a powdery white substance.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of powdery
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“Floury.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floury. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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