ˈpau̇dərē, -ri adjective
Etymology: Middle English powdry, from powdre, poudre powder + -y
1.
a. : resembling or consisting of powder
powdery dust
powdery snow
b. : easily reduced to powder : crumbling, friable
the trail continued under the brown and powdery carpet — R.T.Bird
2. : covered with or as if with powder : dusty , chalky
the powdery gray of a frightened native — Marguerite Steen
Pierrot … sad, powdery , languishing — Sheldon Cheney
the frescoes are powdery — Aline B. Saarinen