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yellowy

[ yel-oh-ee ]

adjective

  1. somewhat yellow; yellowish.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of yellowy1

First recorded in 1660–70; yellow + -y 1

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Example Sentences

Bear then gulps down the “warm,” “salty,” yellowy stuff and bounds off again into the wild, unfazed.

The new spoons and forks were yellowy-white, and not so heavy as the old ones, and they never shone after the first day or two.

There were bluey and yellowy and grey and white kinds, and some was violetish with violets on it, and some pink, with roses.

Her dress of some creamy white stuff, perfectly cut, and over it she had slipped a knitted coat of yellowy silk.

The old birds tirelessly hunt for food, whilst the greeny-yellowy little ones sit expecting and cheeping among the boughs.

Who claims my strongest missing noun, When sheets as soft and white as down, Return in colour yellowy-brown?

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