papery
Dry and flimsy
Papery describes something thin, dry, and slightly crisp like paper.
Onion skins are papery, as are dried leaves and aged skin: Her papery hands trembled as she turned the pages.
The word suggests fragility and a rustling quality when touched.
Small in diameter
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- dryFree from moisture
- flakyCrumbly or unreliable
- crispFirm and breakable
brittle · crinkly · tissue · gossamer · filmy · wispy · fine · fragile
Without roughness or difficulty
- fibrousMade of threads
- texturedHaving tactile surface quality
- matteNon-reflective surface finish
- roughUneven in surface
coarse · grainy · cottony · linen · crepe · corrugated · vellum · parchment
thin
Small in diameter
crisp · brittle · crinkly · tissue · gossamer · filmy · wispy · fine · fragile · translucent
smooth
Without roughness or difficulty
rough · coarse · grainy · cottony · linen · crepe · corrugated · vellum · parchment · rag
yellowed
Faded to cream
crumbling · foxed · deteriorated · antique · vintage · old · weathered · fragile · decayed · discolored
rustling
Soft crackling noise
- crinklingMaking small creased sounds
- cracklingSharp snapping noises
- whisperingBreathy, near-silent speech
swishing · shuffling · fluttering · turning · pages · dry · crisp · soft · quiet · delicate
bark
Sharp canine vocalization
husk · dried · leaves · petals · chrysalis · cocoon · exoskeleton · molt · shed · desiccated
- skin descriptionssmooth, rough, dry, oily, fair
- texturessmoothness, smooth, soft, rough, roughness
- delicatedelicate, fragile, dainty, frail, tender
- lightweightfeatherweight, flyweight, bantamweight, strawweight, ultralight
- leaf traitscordate, lanceolate, ovate, serrate, dentate
- thin & flatflat, thin, filmy, wafer-thin, sheetlike
- paper bagDisposable carrying pouch
- paper towelDisposable absorbent cleaning sheet
- paper clipWire loop for binding sheets
- paper airplaneFolded sheet for throwing
- paper cutWound from thin edge
- piece of paperOne flat sheet
paper, newspaper, papers, wallpaper, paperweight, paperless, papercraft, papermaking, paperboard