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Bluish-gray   /blˈuɪʃ-greɪ/   Listen
Bluish-gray

adjective
1.
Of grey tinged with blue.  Synonyms: blue-gray, blue-grey, bluish-grey.






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"Bluish-gray" Quotes from Famous Books



... boat visited the outer north-easternmost islet, named in the chart Water Island, which was found to be as rocky in reality as it was in appearance. It is formed of a hard granular quartzose sandstone, of a bluish-gray colour; the basis is disposed in horizontal strata but the surface is covered with large amorphous rocks of the same character that have evidently been detached and heaped together by some convulsion of nature: over these a shallow soil is sprinkled, ...
— Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia - Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 • Phillip Parker King

... interesting study for me, for he was the father of my unseen beauty, and probably resembled her. I scanned him closely. He was a tall and elegant man, with an open, affable manner, and an erect and graceful carriage. His eyes were bluish-gray, and, though not dark, yet at times were sparkling and expressive. His hair was dressed and powdered, and being lightly combed up from his forehead, added to the loftiness of his aspect. He was fluent in discourse, but his conversation ...
— The Crayon Papers • Washington Irving



Words linked to "Bluish-gray" :   neutral, bluish-grey, blue-gray, achromatic, blue-grey



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