Whitish
['hwaɪtɪʃ] or ['waɪtɪʃ]
Definition
(a.) Somewhat white; approaching white; white in a moderate degree.
(a.) Covered with an opaque white powder.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Somewhat white.
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Examples
- Again a whitish object gleamed before me: it was a gate--a wicket; it moved on its hinges as I touched it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There you will find small knots, white bubbles and whitish specks. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- His glistening, whitish hair seemed like the electricity of the sky. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Nobody was visible; but ever and anon a whitish something moved above the bank from behind, and vanished again. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He looked at her, and the whitish, electric gleam in his face intensified. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He seemed very tall to her, she saw the glisten of his whitish eyebrows, that met between his brows. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We have given the name milk to the sweet and watery liquid, of a whitish color, which is inclosed in considerable quantity in the kernel. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Overhead the hollow stretch of whitish cloud shutting out the sky was as a tent which had the whole heath for its floor. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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