greyish
Use Greyish in a sentence
ɪʃ adjective
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of a neutral tone, intermediate between black and white, that has no hue and reflects and transmits only a little light |
| 2. | greyish in colour or having parts or marks that are greyish |
| 3. | dismal or dark, esp from lack of light; gloomy |
| 4. | neutral or dull, esp in character or opinion |
| 5. | having grey hair |
| 6. | of or relating to people of middle age or above: grey power |
| 7. | ancient; venerable |
| 8. | (of textiles) natural, unbleached, undyed, and untreated |
| —n | |
| 9. | any of a group of grey tones |
| 10. | grey cloth or clothing: dressed in grey |
| 11. | an animal, esp a horse, that is grey or whitish |
| —vb | |
| 12. | to become or make grey |
| [Old English grǣg; related to Old High German grāo, Old Norse grar] | |
| gray or gray | |
| —adj | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [Old English grǣg; related to Old High German grāo, Old Norse grar] | |
| 'greyish or gray | |
| —adj | |
| 'grayish or gray | |
| —adj | |
| 'greyly or gray | |
| —adv | |
| 'grayly or gray | |
| —adv | |
| 'greyness or gray | |
| —n | |
| 'grayness or gray | |
| —n | |
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Greyish
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Example sentences
The upper body is reddish or greyish brown, and the underparts are white.
As well as the characteristic white ring around the eye, they usually have green plumage with white, yellow or greyish underparts.
Full-grown lice are the size of a sesame seed, have six legs, and are tan to greyish-white.
Dark greyish-blue dorsally, greyish-silver on flank and ventrally.
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