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powdery

How many syllables in powdery?

  3 syllables

Divide powdery into syllables:   pow-der-y
Stressed syllable in powdery:   pow-der-y
How to pronounce powdery:   pou-der-ee
How to say powdery:

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Synonyms for powdery


1 syllable
  • dry
  • fine
2 syllables
  • chalky
  • dusty
  • crumbly
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