Adjective: vapoury vey-pu-ree
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: vapory)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: vapory)
- Filled with vapour
"The vapoury mist rose from the lake at dawn";
- miasmal, miasmic, vaporous, vapourous [Brit, non-standard]
- Resembling or characteristic of vapour
"vapoury clouds";
- vaporific, vapourific [Brit, Cdn], vaporish [US], vapourish [Brit, Cdn], vaporous, vapourous [Brit, non-standard], vapory [US]
- So thin as to transmit light
"a hat with a vapoury veil";
- diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous [Brit, non-standard], cobwebby, vapory [US]