What's the difference between bedewed and dewy?

Bedewed


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Bedew

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Endothelial bedewing is described as either a cluster of oedematous droplets or a constellation of leucocytes deposited on the surface of the corneal endothelium.
  • (2) The epithelium was thickened and bedewed, giving a faint brownish opalescence and providing a striking contrast to the white reticulum.
  • (3) Some of the clinical characteristics of endothelial bedewing are outlined, and its occurrence in patients who are chronically endothelial bedewing may be indicative of a limited anterior uveal response associated with contact lens wear.
  • (4) The use of marginal retroilumination in biomicroscopy is described for the detection of endothelial bedewing.

Dewy


Definition:

  • (a.) Pertaining to dew; resembling, consisting of, or moist with, dew.
  • (a.) Falling gently and beneficently, like the dew.
  • (a.) Resembling a dew-covered surface; appearing as if covered with dew.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When you hear the name Jesus, is the first image that comes to mind a dewy-eyed pretty boy with flowing locks?
  • (2) Paolo Woods and Gabriele Galimberti’s photographs of tax havens will be exhibited at the Arles photography festival from 6 July to 20 September, and published in a book, The Heavens: Annual Report, by Dewi Lewis Media on 3 August, priced at £39.
  • (3) "Oh my gosh," she says, in her rich, dewy Kentucky accent, and holds out a perfectly manicured hand.
  • (4) Birrell seeks to paint opponents of privatisation as dewy-eyed nostalgists.
  • (5) This is a house we’ll be able to grow into,” the case study quotes Matthew as saying, presumably as he gazes, dewy-eyed, at a light fitting or something.
  • (6) Only the most dewy-eyed optimists would claim that all is well, though some like Con Coughlin of the Telegraph do.
  • (7) In a review of more than 3000 cancer patients, DeWys and colleagues identified significantly improved survival in those patients without weight loss compared with those had lost 6% of their body weight (Am J Med 69:491-497, 1980).
  • (8) It is wrong (and pointless) to be dewy-eyed about the old industrial era, with its dirty and back-breaking jobs and its exclusion of women.
  • (9) They had longed for this day, and after all the emotion at the start, the dewy-eyed speech from Claudio Ranieri and the guard of honour that ushered his team on to the pitch, their heroes quickly set about showing everyone why they now go by the title of champions of England .
  • (10) Down at the Indy , a dewy-eyed Christina Patterson found Labour's young men floundering against a chap who "looks like a prime minister, sounds like a prime minister and acts like a prime minister".
  • (11) Vinny says, becoming breathless and dewy-eyed as he describes the roar of an audience's laughter and the backstage ambience where the groupies stood in a queue.
  • (12) The last mentioned features are strongly effective also in aride regions, with the well known fluctations of high parching and dewiness.
  • (13) Why did we have to have Little Red Riding Hood?’’ But that is about as dewy-eyed as he gets.
  • (14) The yes surge is not being driven by blood-and-soil nationalism, by dewy-eyed Celtic nostalgia or the resurrection of a Braveheart spirit.
  • (15) • Guantánamo: If The Light Goes Out, by Edmund Clark, Julian Stallabrass and Omar Deghayes, is published by Dewi Lewis Publishing at £35.
  • (16) If you talk to people of a certain age, they will tell you, dewy eyed, about being huddled over a retro computer such as a Sinclair Spectrum or Commodore C64 plugged into a portable TV, playing games which by today’s modern standards are very simple, often very silly, but had a fun factor never seen before till that point in time.” Revival of the Spectrum brand will boost the profile of the 74-year-old Sinclair, who launched his first mass-market consumer product in 1962.
  • (17) STAY in Old Post Office Cottage or Ivy Cottage (£180 for two) in the grounds, or at the restaurant's own Angel Hotel, (01873 857121, angelabergavenny.com , doubles from £101) Y Polyn, Capel Dewi, Carmarthernshire Photograph: Alamy From the statement on their website – "Fat equals flavour.
  • (18) Results of prospective and long-term investigations will help to define subsets of stage I patients for whom RLND may be unnecessary (DeWys et al.
  • (19) · Degrees by Andy Gotts is published by Dewi Lewis Media on October 6.
  • (20) 100 Leading Ladies is published by Dewi Lewis Media on 2 October at £30.

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