Greenish
['ɡrinɪʃ]
Definition
(a.) Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow.
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Examples
- She had put on a dress of stiff old greenish brocade, that fitted tight and made her look tall and rather terrible, ghastly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She was a strange figure in the class-room, wearing a large, old cloak of greenish cloth, on which was a raised pattern of dull gold. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As by a fascination, every eye was now directed to the glaring greenish-gray eye of Simon. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- As their eyes grew accustomed to the darkness they perceived faint greenish points of light among the grass and fern. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It is greenish in color in the natural state, the golden-yellow color being found only in domesticated specimens, and retained by artificial selection. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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